Maybe someone has already figure this out, maybe not. I don't know. I was looking up solutions last night since my sim living on a Business lot had gotten pregnant and not being able to see baby until they're a toddler is kind of annoying. I searched the sub (and Google) using various words like "Baby" and "Off Lot" but nothing came up.

So, this morning a thought occurred to me as I was messing around with the TOOL mod.....Baby and TOOL? Baby is object and TOOL comes up when selecting baby so.......Eureka Moment!

(I've also seen people use TOOL to put babies in custom objects like Baby Bouncers and such too)

I felt like such a freaking genius because obviously TOOL is for taking things off lot not teleporting objects between lots so why would anyone do that but it seems to have worked.

Baby number 1 and then 2 are now "living" on the business lot with mama! I just stuck a debug house on the Home Lot and decorated it a bit with other O$ debug objects (so no extra bills for the Home Lot)

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You'll need Twisted Mexi's TOOL mod unfortunately, no go for console.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/58266233

I feel like even those who hate using mods should find this pretty simple and low impact performance-wise (TOOL mod can be difficult to use but you're not using it for much here)

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Step 1: Home lot and Business lot have to be in the same neighborhood, I did this in HOB's town area and also the Spice Market quarter with an apartment and Business lot below.

Step 2: Play Household and go to Home Lot. Select baby with TOOL mod and select spot in world near Business Lot. It's kind of finnicky. On one save the babies moved automatically out into the world like a normal TOOL object, on another I had to drag the baby using Live Drag to reset the baby and force it to move to the selected spot off lot. I used Live Drag (TwistedMexi) but a normal reset would probably also work to force the baby to move off lot to the selected spot.

Step 3: Travel to Business Lot. Select baby in world with TOOL and select spot on Business lot. The baby always automatically teleported when I did this, no need to drag or reset (prob because it's a buildable area)

Step 4: Throw your hands in the air in joy!

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VOILA! You can now open up Build Mode or just use Live Drag to place the baby somewhere nice if you have a Nursery Set up or something.

The babies seem to behave entirely normally besides having their portraits grayed out because they're not technically on the lot but you can still see their mood colors change and such. Their diapers need to be changed and they need to be fed, ect.

I've left the lot and come back and the Babies were still there, I've also saved, completely closed the game and reopened. I just had one of the babies age up successfully on their own without having to do it myself and the portrait automatically un-grayed once they turned into a toddler and were considered on the lot.

I don't think there'd be any problem using the same method for other lots, like a community lot near your home lot, ect. So you can take baby to the park.....to sit there, but still. For people who use freed cribs and fancy strollers and such, probably great for storytelling taking the baby for a walk through the park, ect.

Obviously, if you sell the retail lot you NEED to take these same steps to move the baby back to the home lot or something crazy might happen to your game.... or you've just left your baby behind until they become a toddler and you can call them over.

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NOTE: I take no responsibility if something goes wrong. I just wanted to spread the word for others who are frustrated with not being able to take babies anywhere and are willing to take the risk and test it out further. I don't anticipate there being any problems since it's pretty straight forward. I did this successfully with 100 mods on a lightly baked potato.