Having a Child | A Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar Guide

You can have one child in this Story of Seasons game. The steps for having a child are the same for every player, regardless of who they choose to marry. There is no pregnancy event; instead, the child is a special gift that is magically presented to you by some weird little elves.

To start the child-gifting process, first purchase the Deluxe Bed from Wilbur's Workshop during the Saturday bazaar. This extra-large bed cost 50,000 G and appears in his inventory after you get married.

To have a child-free life, don't purchase the extra-large bed from Wilbur.

The next step will occur one season (31 days) after the wedding ceremony day, your spouse has 9 full hearts of affection or more, and you have the Deluxe Bed. For example, if your wedding was on Summer 26, then this event will trigger in the wee hours of the morning on Autumn 26. If you haven't purchased the Deluxe Bed within 31 days of the ceremony, the event should trigger the next day after buying the bed.

Going to bed that night will result in an interrupted sleep. You and your spouse will hear a strange voice outside the house, which turns out to be the Nature Sprites.

The little elves have noticed how much in love the two of you are and want to let you know that this love will soon result in a baby. You can then choose the gender of your child: boy or girl. There is no random option, and you can't change your mind later.

After the gender selection, the Nature Sprites will disappear.

The next morning, your partner will comment on the strange dream they had. They'll soon realize that it wasn't a dream; there really is a baby coming soon, courtesy of some very strange magical elves.

Baby Delivery

The next event will trigger one season (31 days) after the day of the prior event with the Nature Sprites. If the delivery date would have been the same day as your spouse's birthday, your farmer's birthday, your wedding anniversary (for those who waited to purchase the Deluxe Bed), or the Saturday bazaar, the baby delivery will be shifted to the next normal day.

In the morning, your spouse will discover a crying baby inside the house. You'll decide on a first name along with a nickname for the baby to call you once they are old enough to talk. The baby's name and future personal nickname cannot be changed and have a limit of 8 characters.

The physical appearance of the baby is determined by two factors:

Hair color is based on the hair color of your spouse.
Eye color and skin tone are based on your eye color and skin tone the morning of the child's appearance.

Essentially, you can control the baby's skin and eye color by using the closet to change your farmer's Appearance the night before the magical baby's arrival. After the event, you can then use the closet to change your Appearance back to your preferred style.

The baby will live in a crib next to the Deluxe Bed. You'll also receive congratulatory comments from the Zephyr Town villagers. You don't have to feed the crib-imprisoned baby.

Though you cannot give gifts yet, interacting with the baby while it is awake can increase friendship hearts. The baby will be awake from 8:00 am to 10:00 am, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm, and 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Talking with the little bundle will result in baby-talk dialogue. The Greet command (C on keyboard or ZL/L2 with controllers) will not influence the baby while it sleeps.

On your first Saturday since the little freeloader moved into the farmhouse, Mina will visit in the morning and offer her expertise in babysitting. You'll then find her every Saturday inside your house while you are working (or not working) at the bazaar. Even when you marry someone who has no merchant shop on Saturday, Mina will still be there to watch over the kid.

On the baby's first birthday, enter the farmhouse between 7:00 pm and 12:00 am (midnight) to have a birthday party for the bedside lump. The baby will sleep through the whole event, but you'll have a tasty meal with your spouse.

Toddler Stage

In the morning on the 130th day since appearance (essentially 6 days after the 1st birthday celebration), your spouse will be excited to share some good news. Your child has finally graduated from the crib and is up walking around the house. In fact, the crib is gone from the farmhouse. Moving forward, the child will sleep in the middle of the Deluxe Bed. As they're still small, nap time will be between 2:30 pm and 5:00 pm. Bedtime is around 8:45 pm.

Everyone's toddler will wear a penguin outfit. As cute as they are, the toddler never leaves the farmhouse to show off their fashion sense. Interacting with the child will result in baby-talk conversation dialogue. They will also eat meals at the table, with the help of a sheep-printed booster seat for the chair.

Mina will still visit on Saturdays to babysit the little fellow.

On the kid's 2nd birthday, walk inside the farmhouse between 7:00 pm and midnight again to have a small party. This time the child will participate, though their "thank you" is in baby talk.

At this point you may give gifts to raise your relationship with your child:

Toddler Gift Preferences

Favorite Color: Yellow

Special (Favored) Gift: Pudding. Make this using the kitchen by combining 1 milk and 1 egg. No utensils required.

Loved Gifts: all other desserts

Liked Gifts: tree fruit, Strawberry, Melon, Pineapple, Watermelon, flower bouquets, Pansy, Sunflower, Red Magic Flower, Moondrop Flower, wool/yarn, milk, yogurt, honey, Chocolate, Gold Medal, Silver Medal, soups, Hot Pot, Boiled Egg, Poached Egg, Fish Cakes, Cooked Rice, Inari Sushi, Udon, Rice Porridge, Herb Rice Porridge, Milk Hot Pot, Milk Porridge, Milk Curry, Stew, Buttered Roll, White Bread, Herb Bread, Jam-Filled Bun, Raisin Bread, Fruit Sandwich, Onigiri, Toasted Onigiri, Soy Milk, Cafe au Lait, Cappuccino

Disliked Gifts: ores/gems, stone/lumber, dyes, perfumes, Corn, Mosaic Corn, Corn Seeds, Garlic, Golden Garlic, Garlic Seeds, Chestnut, Walnut, Weeds, Medal, Bronze Medal, honeycomb, mushroom meals, Fried Eggplant, Unadon, Sashimi, Sushi, Okonomiyaki, Curry Bread, Seaweed Curry

Hated Gifts: accessories, pickles, fish, fish bait, critters, recyclables, Ancient Fish Fossil, Legendary Treasure Chest, Bottle of Starry Sand, animal feed/treats, Poke, Miso Glazed Eggplant, Fried Mushrooms, Fried Matsutake, Spicy Curry, Curry Rice, Dry Curry, Ultimate Curry, Supreme Curry, Rainbow Curry, Vegetable Curry, Happy Mushroom Fry

HORROR Gift: Hot Coffee (though they like Cappuccino and Cafe au Lait /shrug)

Child (Full Grown) Stage

The child will stay in their penguin form until 7 days after their second birthday. In the morning, your spouse will introduce the full evolution of your child, finally showing the hair color and eye color assigned when they first arrived to live with you.

Schedule-wise, they wake up at 6:00 am, leave the house at around 1:45 pm to explore the farm space (on sunny days), return to the farmhouse at 5:45 pm, and then go to bed at about 9:15 pm. If it is raining, the kid stays indoors all day, either inside the house or the attached animal barn, taking a nap from 1:45 pm to 4:00 pm. On bazaar days, the child will visit the bazaar grounds; Mina will stay at the cafe, since her free babysitting services are no longer required.

Now that they don't require constant oversight, the child and spouse will randomly help with farm chores. You can't assign their tasks or direct them not to help. When they do assist, a prompt will appear when you awake in the morning.

If the family helps with the crop fields, they water all the planted crops in the morning. They don't fertilize, harvest, or handle the day's second watering. The watering will happen even with mature multi-harvest crops, so you don't have to water after harvest.
If the family helps with the barn animals, they add Chicken Feed and Fodder to the feed bins. They don't pet, brush, or harvest animal products.

Manually saving your game the night before allows you to reload if you want to change their chore, such as if you would rather they water all the crops instead of add fodder to the feed bins.

Child Gift Preferences

Now that they're a bit older, their personal gift preferences change a little bit. The child's favorite color continues to be yellow:

Special (Favored) Gift: Ice Cream (1 milk + 1 egg + 1 Sugar). No utensils required. This recipe is hidden in the bookshelves of June and Erik's house.

Loved Gifts: all other desserts, Bottle of Starry Sand, Ancient Fish Fossil, Legendary Pirate Treasure

Liked Gifts: tree fruit, Strawberry, Melon, Watermelon, Pineapple, bouquets, Pansy, Sunflower, Red Magic Flower, Moondrop Flower, butterflies, horned beetles, stag beetles, ores/jewels, medals, wool, yarn, milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, mayonnaise, tea (brewed and canned), honey, Chocolate, soup, fruit jam, Boiled Egg, Poached Egg, Fish Cakes, Stew, Bread, Sandwich, Fruit Sandwich, Jam-filled Bun, Raisen Bread, French Toast, Inari Sushi, Cooked Rice, Udon, Rice Porridge, Milk Rice Porridge, Herb Rice Porridge, Chestnut Rice, Milk Hot Pot, Cafe au Lait, Cappuccino, Hot Milk, Onigiri, Toasted Onigiri, Okonomiyaki, Omelet Rice, curry recipes (except Spicy Curry), Quiche, French Fries, fondue, tempura

Disliked Gifts: fish, fish bait, stone/lumber, dyes, perfumes, Chestnut, Walnut, Garlic, Golden Garlic, Garlic Seeds, Corn, Mosaic Corn, Corn Seeds, Fodder, Spicy Curry, Fried Eggplant

Hated Gifts: pickles, accessories, Sashimi, Happy Mushroom Stirfry, Fried Mushrooms, Fried Matsutake Mushrooms, Chicken Feed, Horse Treat, Pet Treat, Pet Food

HORROR Gift: Miso Glazed Eggplant

Events

You'll still celebrate your child's birthday by having a party after 7:00 pm on their annual appearance day. There is also one random event that includes your child and the Zephyr Town children.

A Family Outing event will happen during Spring when your full-grown child has at least one heart of friendship. Go inside your farmhouse on a sunny Sunday afternoon between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm. The three of you will head out together to enjoy the weather. Your child will craft the Flower Crown during this event. Afterwards, you'll find the Flower Crown in the Mementos shelf inside the farmhouse.