Is anyone else frustrated by nursing mothers extending their maternity leave - sometimes by 15 minutes real time? Then, when they do finally let the poor swaddled infant go, they carry on washing baby, changing baby, like some demented earth mothers who simply can't bear to let go.

Yes, I´m a bit annoyed about that too. At 2x speed I think it should happen instantly or at least within 1 minute.

Try picking them up when they are still washing or changing. That is what I do. Of course I'm usually watching like a hawk waiting for the toddler to run off on his/her own.

Try exiting the game and then opening it back up, its cause your watching them ya know LOL Just exit the game wait a half minute and then open it back up and she should have dropped it. always works for me.

I hate the maternity leaves village moms take. I've seen where it takes an hour on x2 to move from 120 to 100 minutes. Grr.

Thanks for the tips. I wish there was something useful they could do during that long period of leave - like tell children stories or teach them. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate they are doing an important job, but does it really have to take so long? That's why I find it so frustrating when they go and extend it LOL

LOL - well to be honest I'm impressed at the toddlers' ability to survive on their own after age 2. Trust me - IRL - you don't get to walk off and forget which one is yours after 2 years!!!

An hour to have 20 minutes of nursing to pass? Sounds like a _bug_ to me. Think I'll do some testing to verify that.

Jer

No, Taco Bell is NOT the Mexican telephone company!

Agreed, Carrie. Two years and however many extra minutes is a small investment in time compared to if the designers had decided to follow real life.

Feeling suitably chastised. IRL I never got to be a real mom, but thanks to the wonders of the modern family I got to be a grandmother, not the same thing of course but extremely satisfying nonetheless.