Children are our future and our most precious resource. For most of the children, breast feeding makes the difference between life and death and so breastfeeding is rightly said as the infant’s “Passport of life”. Breast milk not only is the best for the infants, lack of breast feeding during first few months of life are important risk factor for infant and childhood morbidity and mortality. A dirty breast harbours germs and when an infant sucks from it, it leaves them susceptible to various infections. Some of the common infections that can result from a child sucking dirty breast include diarrhoea. The objectives of the study were to assess the level of knowledge of nursing mother regarding breast hygiene and breast feeding, to assess expressed practice of nursing mothers regarding breast hygiene and to seek relationship between the knowledge of breastfeeding and practice of nursing m others. For present study, sample comprises of 60 nursing mothers and purposive sampling technique was used. A structured interview schedule was prepared to assess level of knowledge regarding breast hygiene and breastfeeding and the expressed practice of breast hygiene of nursing mothers. A descriptive survey design was adopted. Majority (52%) of the mothers were having moderate knowledge. According to their practice score , majority (63.33%) were having average practice score regarding breast feeding and breast hygiene.

Keywords: Knowledge; Practice; Mothers; Breast Feeding; Breast Hygiene.