Stalking babysitters

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    • Game Version: 20251224.9501.W

    • Platform: Steam windows

    • Mods: never used

    • Hardware Specifications & Operating System (OS version, CPU, GPU, RAM, storage…): Windows 11, Intel i9 10850k CPU, Nvidia RTX 5070ti GPU, 32GB of RAM, 1TB SSD.

  • Steps to Reproduce: Leave the house so that an automatic babysitter is assigned to take care of your infant/toddler.

  • Please provide the entire save file(s) from the date when the issue occurred.
    20251228-090748.zip (17.3 MB)

  • Details:
    Not sure if this has been reported before but there’s a bug where if the game assigns automatic babysitters to your household because all adults have left the house, they will continue to stalk you and pop up at random times even when you’re at home. My zoi also tried actively sending the babysitter away but 10 mins later he appeared again entering my house. I didn’t see this among the known issues, but the bug has been around for a long time. I’ve had this issue both in Blissbay and Dowon on two different saves, one from before the December update and now this one (new save after december update).

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I have the same issue. The babysitter won’t leave even if I tell her to leave the house or kick out of house. She just there the whole time instead of going to her own house. I didn’t see an option to fire her either. That bug has been around for me since update 3.0 the update than came with Cahaya.

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I have first reported this in the first week of 0.2.0 → nothing was done.
At least back then the cleaned baby poop and bottles. Now they don’t even do that.

But seriously they really should fix this. It’s been happening since June (!!!)

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This bug has been around for far too long. As someone trying to build huge legacies, I swear, I’ve almost witnessed some babysitters growing from YA to senior :face_with_spiral_eyes: Devs, please fix this asap :folded_hands:

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Hi everyone (@here),
First of all, we are sorry for the inconvenience.

Could you please check whether this issue is still occurring after the v0.6.0 update? Please let us know if this issue still occurs after the latest update. Thank you!

Edit: Since it’s been confirmed that it doesn’t reproduce anymore after the latest patch, this thread will close after 7 days.

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I’m on the most current update (2026.02.12) and just had this bug occur after enabling SmartZoi.

I’m playing with an 8 member household - 5 Adults and 3 Minors, Including the baby. I’ve tested and played in this save multiple times with no issue (with SmartZoi disabled). Today, I decided to enable SmartZoi and immediately I received a pop-up that babysitter would come to care for babies that had been left alone and the baby had been safely escorted home.

               1.  Everyone was home and none of the adults had ever left the lot.
               2. The baby was no longer in their crib and never returned.
               3. The babysitter could not be dismissed as she was ‘busy’.

Eventually, the babysitter left on her own, but the baby still did not return. I tested this 2 more times with Smartzoi on and re-disabling SmartZoi did not solve the issue. Baby was is whisked away as soon as I hit play.

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I think maybe it’s better to start a new thread since this one will close in a few days and all will be lost.

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Will do! Thank you!