Modding Diary – Weaning

Hi Guys! I hope you all are doing well!

As you know I normally post my WIP updates on Friday, and this morning I was very surprised to find out today is actually Saturday and not Friday 😅needless to say it’s been a little bit of a chaotic week.

This week I worked on finalizing the breastfeeding animation, and I’m pretty much done with the weaning system, and here is how it works:

when your sim is ready, you may click on your toddler and select “Start Weaning”

you will be give two choices as to which method of weaning you want to go with

regardless of which option you choose, your sim will get one of five moodlets signaling the beginning of this new chapter in their life:

if you choose to do it gradually, you may still breastfeed your toddler, but you will only do so for 5-8 minutes at a time, and eventually the option to breastfeed will disappear as your sim’s lactation stops. Weaning gradually will prevent your toddler from having potential meltdowns and it should make it less likely for your sim to develop mastitis (still need to work on this).

if you choose to quit “cold turkey”, you will no longer have the option to breastfeed your toddler.

and you will have to option to explain to your toddler why it time for weaning

you can either make up an excuse, or just tell them they are too big for “nana” now.

nana is the nick name im using for boobies, I hope its a common nickname but if you have a better one please let me know.

using the “nana got a booboo option as an example”, your toddler is likely to react like a reasonable human being, and just move on.

during then next three days they might occasionally share comments or concerns they may have about the weaning process depending on which explanation you gave them

however there’s also a chance your toddler might take the news very well and start having a meltdown instead. This is more likely to happen to clingy and fussy toddlers.

they will get one of five moodlets immediately after hearing the bed news

and they might occationally get one of six moodlets throughout the next three days to express how utterly disappointed they are

And that’s about all I have for this week, I didnt want to show you

and that’s all I have for this week, I hope this weaning feature was able to bring a smile to your face, I had a lot of fun making it.

Next week I will work on finalizing the weaning system, and making sure it works nicely with the lactation system.

I hope you all have a fantastic week!