The Sims franchise has been rolling in new content recently, paired with their most recent title, the Sims 4, becoming free to play . The game now supports tons of additional DLC, as well as free updates added periodically to the base game.
The March 2023 update brought newborn children to the game, as well as adding a new life stage to the Sims’ life cycle, the Infant . Children now start as newborns before becoming Infants, then Toddlers, then Children. While the Sims are cute in these younger stages, we all must eventually grow up.
Because of these new stages, the lifespans for each stage were changed as well, meaning you may not know when your Sim will be getting ready to take their first steps and move on to toddlerdom.
With this quick guide, you can be prepared for whatever life throws at you, or at your Sim.
The length of the Infant age span depends on your Lifespan settings . Each length will be listed below:
Upon reaching the end of this lifespan, the Infant will then become a Toddler. If you’d like to spend a bit more time with your Sim Infant, you can also turn off aging entirely in the Lifespan settings.
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No , you can always buy your infant a birthday cake to speed the process up. To age up an infant in The Sims, you need to follow these steps:
It’s worth noting that aging up an infant is irreversible, so make sure you’re ready for your little one to grow up before you bake the cake!
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I f you don’t mind using cheats, here is how :
This will allow you to manually edit the age of your Sim. While this does not work on Newborns, it works for every other possible life stage.
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