so how long does nursing last? how many hours?

And also, how many real hours in a virtual year and can this be sped up/slowed down?

The game runs only at one speed (or paused). I think it's the same as in VV, so two hours = one year. Assuming they carry babies for the same length of time as in VV, that would mean four hours.

Isn't that the way it seems in real life also!
I think that maybe since many of play our VV games on normal or 2X speed, we don't realize how long 4 hours really is in a game.

I left my game running overnight, and all morning. Considering the number of hours I left it, and how old my baby is now, I would say that nursing takes 4 hours.

I would've thought it would be more along the lines of 7 hours since every year in VF is about 3 hours and 30 minutes.. oh well, I'll gladly take the 4 hours!

This is assuming you're playing at least once a day.. if you don't check in on your peeps for a long time, they don't age every 3.5 hours.

Actually, in this game, babies still bundled grow faster than the kids and adults do. So even though the adults grow a year approximately every 3.7hrs, the babies only take that long to reach 2 years of age.