
Also, while your infant is free from a crib, if you leave the house, your Sim will have to hold them in their arms unless they let them crawl around instead. If you don’t cough up for the expansion, you will change your infant by throwing them into the air while a dirty diaper appears on the floor. Two pretty important things infants use are missing: changing tables and back carriers. There are cribs, toys, rugs, and some cute clutter. Infants in the base game come with some great new items. All strollers shown in the video are available in my online gallery - ID: ArtsimologieSpecial Thanks to GammySimmer (gallery ID: GammySimmer) for her adorab. However, there are a couple of features of infants in particular that feel needlessly gated by the price barrier. The development of this life stage must have been so in-depth that it’s understandable for some of the more complex elements to be locked behind a paywall, as frustrating as it is. This contrast highlights the incredible amount of gameplay in the new expansion - especially since it’s only a small part of what Growing Together has to offer. Related: The Sims 5 Needs To Change The DLC Model

There are some differences between them and toddlers - they can drink from bottles, fall asleep in your arms, and experience their first foods - but having experienced, or even just seen gameplay of the growing infants, it’s very difficult to go back. In the base game, infants are already crawling bypassing the rolling, reaching, holding, and absolutely adorable scooting around stages.
