Pengetahuan Ibu Mengenai Manfaat Asi Pada Bayi

.Breast milk is the best food for the baby when he/she was born. Many researches prove that breast milk is the best and primary food for the baby because in the breast milk contain an antibody that the baby need to resist any kind of disease. The excellence of breast milk has been prove, however the tendency of the mother not to give an exclusive breast milk to their baby is bigger. It is influenced by some factors, such as occupation, age, and education.This studyisto know the relation between the knowledge of the mother about usefulness of the breast milk for the baby with exclusive breast milk. Type of study is a descriptive cross sectional with field survey method.There are 80 mothers that be the research subject. The result is 12 mothers has a good knowledge, 39 mothers the knowledge is enough, and 29 mothers has a less knowledge. There are 41 mothers that give an exclusive breast milk and 39 mothers that don't, there is a meaningful relation with chi - square test (p=0.016).Conclusion: Where is the higher the knowledge of the mother about the usefulness of breast milk for the baby, the higher breastfeeding is success