[Vocabulary] We gave up her daytime nap a long time ago!

[nininaz]

Hello,
What is the meaning of "following sentence"?
Mother:Yes, she (her child) does have trouble sleeping.We gave up her daytime nap a long time ago!

That means: she used to have a daytime nap. Now she does not have the trouble any more?
but why her mother said she has trouble sleeping.?
Thanks.

 

[Rover_KE]

What is the source of your quotation?

 

[nininaz]

What is the source of your quotation?

Cambridge Vocabulary for IELTS

 

[emsr2d2]

Seemingly, the child does not sleep easily. Most children have a nap in the afternoons. However, this child does not fall asleep easily so the mother has given up trying to get her to have a short sleep in the afternoons.

 

[nininaz]

Seemingly, the child does not sleep easily. Most children have a nap in the afternoons. However, this child does not fall asleep easily so the mother has given up trying to get her to have a short sleep in the afternoons.

Did you mean her mother prevent her child from having nap during afternoon?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. That's not what I said. The child does not sleep well. I am sure the mother would be very happy if the child fell asleep in the afternoons. However, I would assume that the mother/parents used to try to encourage the child to sleep in the afternoons but the child didn't sleep, so the parents have now simply stopped trying. That's not the same as prevention.

 

[Tdol]

Did you mean her mother prevent her child from having nap during afternoon?

Why would that be in the parents' interests?

 

[Raymott]

Why would that be in the parents' interests?

Because by depriving her of a daytime nap, she will more tired at night time, and will sleep better then. I think the original is open to that interpretation. I have to say that I find it difficult to be sure what it means.

 

[nininaz]

No. That's not what I said. The child does not sleep well. I am sure the mother would be very happy if the child fell asleep in the afternoons. However, I would assume that the mother/parents used to try to encourage the child to sleep in the afternoons but the child didn't sleep, so the parents have now simply stopped trying. That's not the same as prevention.

Thanks a lot
But I think because If the baby fall sleep during afternoon then the baby might be awake during the night and her/his parents have to stay up during the night . So they don't like the baby fall sleep during afternoon.
The full sentence is :
Mother:We gave up her daytime nap a long time ago!
Director:That's good to know.I'll make a note of that.she can just have some quite time while the others are resting if she like !

and you said:the mother has given up trying to get her to have a short sleep in the afternoons.

I am really confused.

 

[nininaz]

Because by depriving her of a daytime nap, she will more tired at night time, and will sleep better then. I think the original is open to that interpretation. I have to say that I find it difficult to be sure what it means.

I have the same idea as you said by depriving her of a daytime nap, she will more tired at night time and actually her mother said:she does have trouble sleeping.That means she still have the problem

 

[lotus888]

We gave up on her daytime napping a long time ago.



--lotus

 

[nininaz]

We gave up on her daytime napping a long time ago.



--lotus

So you meant her parents do not want their baby to fall sleep during afternoon? Am I right?

 

[emsr2d2]

Most parents want their baby to have a short sleep (a nap) during the afternoon. In fact, most babies easily nap mid-morning and mid-afternoon as well as sleeping at night. However, this baby does not sleep well. As we have established, it is not completely clear from the piece whether the parents have given up trying to get the baby to sleep in the afternoon because the baby simply doesn't fall asleep or if they now prevent her from sleeping in the afternoon in order to ensure that she is very tired at night and will sleep.

 

[nininaz]

Most parents want their baby to have a short sleep (a nap) during the afternoon. In fact, most babies easily nap mid-morning and mid-afternoon as well as sleeping at night. However, this baby does not sleep well. As we have established, it is not completely clear from the piece whether the parents have given up trying to get the baby to sleep in the afternoon because the baby simply doesn't fall asleep or if they now prevent her from sleeping in the afternoon in order to ensure that she is very tired at night and will sleep.

Thanks a lot.Sorry if I asked lots of questions.On the previous post I put the full sentence here:
Mother:We gave up her daytime nap a long time ago!
Director:That's good to know.I'll make a note of that.she can just have some quite time while the others are resting if she like !

Do you think it is still vague ?

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks a lot. Sorry if I asked lots of questions. On the previous post I put the full sentence here:

Mother:We gave up her daytime nap a long time ago!
Director:That's good to know. I'll make a note of that. She can just have some [strike]quite[/strike] quiet time while the others are resting if she likes!

Do you think it is still vague?

It doesn't really help. It only means that the child does not have an afternoon nap. Whether that is because the parents have given up trying to get the child to sleep in the afternoons because it's pointless or because they don't want her to sleep so she is more tired in the evening is still not stated. The director has simply noted that while the other children are sleeping, this child will be doing something else.

Please look at my corrections in red, particularly with regard to spacing around punctuation. Remember these rules of written English:

- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- End every sentence with a single, appropriate punctuation mark.
- Always capitalise the word "I" and all proper nouns.
- Do not put a space before a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Always put a space after a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.

 

[lotus888]

Thanks a lot.Sorry if I asked lots of questions.On the previous post I put the full sentence here:
Mother:We gave up her daytime nap a long time ago!
Director:That's good to know.I'll make a note of that.she can just have some quite time while the others are resting if she like !

Do you think it is still vague ?

From the context, the mother stopped giving her daytime naps a long time ago.


--lotus

 

[emsr2d2]

From the context, the mother stopped giving her daytime naps a long time ago.


--lotus

That is not in dispute. It is whether or not the mother stopped those naps in order to make the child more tired at night or because she was fed up with the child not sleeping during the afternoons.