Can't give gift to adopted child

[Yeno]

For some reason I can't give a gift to my adopted child. It says item to heavy to carry even if its one of those light treats. Anyone know what's up?

[rettshift]

Have you given them gifts before? It's possible that their inventory is filled up and anything more would over-encumber them. Try opening the console, clicking on them, and typing "resetinventory".

[Yeno]

I have never given them a gift before.

[rettshift]

Well try it anyways. Maybe their inventory got filled another way. That's the same message you get when trying to give a follower more then they can carry.

If you are curious you could also try "showinventory" to see it instead.

[Yeno]

I haven't but I will give it a shot. Maybe that little brat is stealing stuff from my house.

[Yeno]

Gave it a shot. It work, thank you! For some reason that moron was carrying 471 baskets...

[rettshift]

Gotta love those weird bugs. I'm glad it solved your problem

[ProtoGinger]

i have the same problem. im gonna give this a try next time im playing

[★Kelvy★]

Child labour, got him/her making baskets, tell him/her to sell them and you get to keep the profits. LOL

[danconnors]

Bah, humbug. The little monster ought to be grateful she's still not out on the streets, begging and freezing her.....

[Jão]

guys, my english is not so good, i'm havin the same problem... what do you mean with "opening the console"? (i don't know if it metters, but i play on pc) sorry the stupid question ^^'

[bobczes]

Bugs

After adopting Sofie when trying to give her a gift all the options may be gray and the message "Item Is Too Heavy Too Carry" appears in the top-left corner. This is because she still has all her flower baskets on her from before you adopted her.

This bug is fixed by version 1.0.3 of the Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.

If you have the Merchant perk unlocked, make sure to purchase all of her flower baskets before adopting her, to keep this problem from occurring in the first place (your only option if you do not have access to the console).

To fix this simply open the console and select her with the mouse, then use the command drop 000d955a 500 to force her to drop all the remaining baskets. They stack so only 1 basket will appear, with the total number after the name. If she does not drop any baskets after using this command, make sure the refID of your selected target is xx004031, as it is common to accidentally click the wrong asset when using click targeting.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Sofie

[Zefram Cochrane]

Its a bugged script, Alesan has it too iirc.

Originally posted by bobczes:

This is because she still has all her flower baskets on her from before you adopted her.

Its worse than that, the script keeps adding baskets continually. She could have thousands of them.

[YouDieNow]

Originally posted by Jão:

guys, my english is not so good, i'm havin the same problem... what do you mean with "opening the console"? (i don't know if it metters, but i play on pc) sorry the stupid question ^^'

Jao, on the keyboard, you need to press the ~ key (next to number 1 on the keybaord) to open up the console command menu.

Read this for command help and a bit of information on how to use it.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Console_Commands_(Skyrim)

[Tyś]

Hi, I also have a problem with giving gifts to children but I have never had this notification "Item Is Too Heavy Too Carry". I have gifts for children in my inventory and when I try to give them sth they doesn't show, just as if I didn't have any. I managed to give them only some sweets, but that's all.
I tried to reset kid's inventory and it hasn't halped. Do you have any ideas what I can do about it?

[Bomb Bloke]

Only certain items can be given; exactly what are you trying to hand over?