Newborns are an often underutilized life stage featured in The Sims 4. Eclipsed by the much better and much more customizable infant and toddler stages, there isn't too much reason to linger on Sims when they've just been welcomed to life.
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PostsHowever, that doesn't stop Simmers from enjoying the newborn stage. Even if they are contained to their cribs, and are interacted with solely how you would with an object. However, since new cribs have been added beyond the basic bassinet, you are able to enjoy a little more customization. Switching what crib your newborn is in, though, is not as straightforward as one would hope.
How To Switch A Newborn's Crib
Unfortunately, there is no way to switch your newborns' crib in Build and Buy Mode or Live Mode. It has to be done through Manage Worlds. There are two ways to change which crib your newborn is in. These methods work similarly by moving your baby off the lot:
- Move the baby out of the household
- Evict the family from the lot
Both of these methods do require you to exit your current lot and go into the Manage Worlds screen. Both are relatively simple, although if you don't want to risk accidentally putting all of your Sim's belongings in their inventory, go with moving the newborn out of the household.
Move The Baby Out Of The Household
The first way to change what bassinet your newborn is to go into manage households and move your newborn out of the household. Save and exit your home lot, and choose Manage Worlds. This will bring you to the overworld screen, where you can choose to move your newborn out of the current household.
In the top right corner of the screen, you can find the Manage Households menu. Click on it and find your family with the baby. Then, choose to Transfer Sims between households. This is the button with two arrows pointing in opposite directions. This will bring a menu to swap any Sim to any other household.
You'll want to choose any other household to transfer the newborn to. It doesn't matter which household you transfer the baby to, you just can't keep them in the current household. Click Accept when you've swapped the baby over to a different house.
How To Swap Cribs
Now that your household doesn't have the newborn anymore, go back into your home lot. Simply go into Build and Buy Mode and delete the current bassinet. Make sure to delete the old crib or else your newborn might go back to the same one. You can choose any new crib you'd like. All bassinets can be found under Kids > Kids' Furniture.
You can tell which cribs supports newborns under the item description. It will specifically say Supports Newborns.
Once the new crib is on the lot, save and go back to Manage Worlds. Then, you just need to transfer the newborn back to your home lot. This can be done through Manage Households again. Simply reverse what you do to move them out.
When you load into your home lot again, your newborn will be in the crib you've chosen.
Evict The Family From The Lot
The second option moves the entire household off the lot to take the newborn out of the crib. Save and exit the lot by choosing Manage Worlds. When you're in the manage worlds options, find your home lot and choose to evict them. You can find this option by choosing Options, then the Evict Household option in the bottom right corner of the screen.
Once the household is evicted, head into the lot in Build Mode. You can simply delete the crib from the lot and replace it with the bassinet that you want, just as you would in the previous method.
Now, head back into Manage Worlds and move the family back into the lot. When you enter back into the household to play with them, the newborn will be in the crib you replaced the old one with.
If you don't want to have to waste household funds when moving back into your lot, turn on the free real estate cheat when you're putting the household back in. Hit Shift + Ctrl + C keys to open the cheat console, and type 'freerealestate on'. Hit enter and you can buy your lot for free.
How To Choose A Newborn's Crib
If you want to avoid the hassle it takes to change a newborn's crib, you can always choose which crib you want before the baby is born. Before your Sim has the baby (or adopts them), simply go into Build and Buy Mode, and select which crib you'd like. You can place it anywhere on the lot.
Then, when your Sim has the baby, the newborn will appear in whatever crib you've chosen. The newborn will keep that crib for the entire duration of the newborn stage.
While it's not as easy as one would hope it would be to swap a newborn's crib for another, it can still be done without any mods or cheats.
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