The Children Need To Poo!

Requires Dubs Bad Hygiene. Compatible with Biotech and Toddlers (by Cyanobot).

Ever wondered why your babies and toddlers magically ignore thirst and bladder needs? This mod patches Dubs Bad Hygiene to give Biotech babies and Toddlers-mod toddlers the same hygiene needs as everyone else — thirst, bladder, and hygiene. It also adds a full nappy management system for when they can't make it to the toilet in time.

Features

• Enables Thirst, Bladder, and Hygiene needs for babies and toddlers
• Childcare pawns will automatically bring water to thirsty babies/toddlers
• Childcare pawns will automatically escort babies/toddlers to the toilet when bladder is low
• Right-click orders: "Give water" and "Take to toilet" for manual control
• Nappy system — babies wear cloth nappies that get soiled when they can't hold it
• Change tables — dedicated furniture for changing nappies, stores fresh and soiled ones
• Nappy rash — prolonged soiling causes discomfort and mood debuffs
• Burn soiled nappies — disposal recipe at the crematorium and DBH Burn Pit
• Fixes DBH crashes when the thirst addon stub is not installed
• Save-safe — validates and repairs children on load

Nappy System

• Babies and toddlers wear cloth nappies (invisible under clothing)
• When bladder empties, the nappy becomes soiled — causing mood debuffs and eventual nappy rash
• Caregivers assigned to Childcare work will carry the baby to a change table, swap the soiled nappy for a fresh one, and deposit the dirty one
• If no change table is available, caregivers will change the nappy on the spot (slower, minor mood penalty)
• Fresh nappies can be crafted at tailoring benches after researching Nappy Making

Compatibility

• Hard dependency: Dubs Bad Hygiene
• Soft dependency: Toddlers by Cyanobot — works with or without it
• Load after Harmony, Dubs Bad Hygiene, and Toddlers
• BodyMastery Mastered DBH should be loaded after Children Need To Poo

Whats next?

• The next thing il be adding is accidents. babys and toddlers when there bladder is too low will have an accident, causing then to defacate on the floor, they wont be happy about this and neither will anyone who has to watch it.. or clean it.
• After this i will be adding a potty training system. the way this will work is whenever a toddler goes on a toilet trip with a caregiver, they will gain a hidden amount of potty training exp. The more potty training exp they get, the more independant they become. for example, once a toddler reaches a certain amount of exp they will begin to start asking to be taken to the toilet, however they will get heavier debufs for having a soiled nappy. Eventually toddlers will be able to use a potty, Although at first they will make a mess, They will also begin to get small mood buffs because they feel independant. its important that toddlers gain sufficient potty training exp as if they turn 3 years old without getting the required amount. they will have a significant mood debuff for a while. Something along the lines of: "Still cant use the toilet" with the description: "Im supposed to be a big kid now but i cant even use the toilet on my own. its embarrassing. It will mean the next ten times the child goes to the bathroom. they make a mess and will feel embarresed about it.
• in order to balance out the fact that babys and toddlers currently require double the work and may even end up requiring tripple the work ince the mod is compleate, i intend to add a mechanoid known as the "Nany" that will be able to handle the care of babys and toddlers more efficiently. It will be able to do things such as disperse of dirty napies and convert nutrient paste into milk so it can breast feed children. Basically it will be able to take care of children with some extra abilities that make it efficient. It will be unlocked in standard mech tech and be built at a small mech gestator.

FAQ

Why doesn't breastfeeding refill thirst?

DBH's thirst system calculates changes on a different tick schedule than vanilla nutrition, so syncing the two precisely isn't possible without fragile reflection. Breastfeeding still fills hunger as normal; thirst must be handled separately by caregivers.

Why don't nappies show up visually on the child?

This is my first mod and I couldn't get the apparel layer ordering to work without breaking other clothing rendering. The nappies are worn "under clothing" — invisible, but still tracked by the game.

Is this save-safe?

Yes. The mod auto-validates all babies and toddlers when you load a save, adding any missing needs and fixing hediff/apparel mismatches. You can also use the dev-mode "Fix all children on map" debug action if anything looks off.

Notes

Toddlers cannot self-serve from DBH fountains/basins (this is a DBH limitation without the thirst addon). Caretakers will handle hydration for them instead. or just give them a baby bottle!


I belive in full transparancy so i think its important to mention this mod was made with the limited assistance of modmixer, i mainly used it to set up defs and stuff, aditionally i also used it to study code while i am still learning. however the main use i got from was having it fix every (and there was alot of them) issue i made in my own code. it certainly helps me but i hope i wont have to rely on it for much longer.