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A major problem is to get the mothers to attend for such advice.
It is a curious fact that a woman will bring her healthy baby regularly
to the clinic to be weighed, and to get advice on minor matters, but as
soon as the baby can walk, talk and eat ordinary food, the anxiety about
him eases off, and small deviations from normality are either not noticed
or neglected.
An unruly toddler can cause much unhappiness in a family. So often
the story of his bad behaviour is the first thing that is told to father on
his return from work, which causes annoyance in the father, and in
consequence more aggression in the child.

The work of this clinic is unhurried and gives adequate time for the
mother to talk about her child—to ask questions about various injections
to protect the child from infection, operations, treatments, feeding,
should he be sent to a nursery school or not, what shoes should he wear
and so on. In fact the mother has a sympathetic atmosphere in which
to discuss the child's and her own problems.