It always drove me crazy to take the time and simoleons to build a nursery for an infant that would be gone after 3 stressful days. There is just no opportunity to really enjoy playing a family that includes an infant. So here, I hope, is a graceful solution to that problem:
Forever Baby v.1
The buyable baby that never grows into a child.
This is not a "deco-only" cradle nor is it a "buyable" version of the Maxis cradle. It is a buyable bassinet with a Baby for your sims to care for but the infant never grows into a child. There is also no risk of the social worker taking the child (despite the message threatening otherwise.)
See Family Fun Page 1 for a complete description of the hack, ways to customize the downloads and links to other sites with baby stuffs
Country Crib - Wood
No expansion pack required
(no additional files required)
Country Crib - dark**
No expansion pack required
(required Dressing Gown skins files included)
Country Crib - White**
No expansion pack required
(required Blanket skins files included)
Find one more crib in rich red and golds at Simblesse Oblige, a gift from us to them in celebration of their second anniversary. Go S.O., congrats!
Kinderstuff Crib
No expansion pack required
(no additional files required)
White Crib**
No expansion pack required
(required Dressing Gown skins files included)
Wood Crib**
No expansion pack required
(required Blanket skins files included)
Simple White Crib
No expansion pack required
(no additional files required)
* July 19, 2008 -- BUG FIXED: Pokemonx discovered I'd uploaded the out-dated versions of the cribs so the white and wooden recolors of the kinderstuff crib were dressing the babies in Maxis Jammies. Corrected versions of the cribs have been uploaded. (The skins don't need to be installed again, simply replace the old IFF files with the new ones). Sorry about that!
** A wonderful and generous friend, Flanker of Enchanted Sims, has created lovely alternatives to the traditional Maxis Jammies in the form of 2 sets of custom babies! The first is a dressing gown and the second swaddles a baby in a warm blanket. If you'd like to replace Maxis' jammies with one of these gorgeous outfits, swing by Enchanted Sims where they are offered as default replacements.
I've relied heavily on textureds from Fat Strawberry to make these objects. Fat Strawberry is a free textures site offering high quality textures that tile seamlessly. Good stuff!!