I've just gotten Sims 3, and I'm loving the gameplay. I'm so happy they can read in bed and then go to sleep immediately without getting out of bed! Now if they could just pass out over their books, I could make an accurate self sim. Anyway, I caught my toddler doing this while his parents were tending to his twin sisters. So cute!
As for the bathtub diving, I've seen a couple of my Sims do it, and they didn't have any traits in common. They did, however, have rubber duckies. Maybe that's the key?