Dealing with a Sims Nanny

Nanny Service is quirky, at best. Get ready for a lot of meals that get thrown out, the nanny spending more time on the computer, chatting, or watching TV, than tending to the baby, etc. Since you have no control over the actions of the Nanny, it can get perplexing.

It might be better to "create" a live-in Nanny Sim that moves into the home while the baby and toddler are around that allows you to control the actions of that Sim (in my humble opinion). The nanny can be hired on a day-by-day basis either by clicking on the bassinet or from the cell phone under household services.

The Nanny Service expense is 60 Simoleans plus 10/hour. The nanny will typically spend eight to 10 Sims hours on duty. If you socialize with the nanny, they will begin to show up at the home while off duty, and will quickly interact with the kids. If toddlers ask them to read, they usually will. That's for free!

Nanny McCloud at your service.

Nannys from the Kindly Caring Service, can be male or female and identifiable from their brightly colored vest tops. Depending on the nanny's "traits" you will either get a very attentive nanny, or a lazy goofball. Either way, the nanny can take some of the pressure off, if you can tolerate the quirks.

One way to determine the nanny's personality traits is in conversation.  Socially clicking on the Nanny Sim, select "Get to Know" if that pops up as an immediate option, or select "more Choices... and Friendly... until you find the "Get to Know" option. The response from the Nanny Sim will show up in the Household Notification Wall.  For example, this Nanny Sim was a Snob, Perfectionist, Loves the outdoors, and ?. Could never figure out the fourth trait. I must say, for this nanny being a perfectionist, timely was not a strong point. The agency would indicate that she would be at the home at a particular time, but the nanny would show up several hours later. Ah, the joys of hiring Sims' Nannys.