eng Science and Education Publishing World Journal of Nutrition and Health 2379-7827 2019-03-14 7 1 11 17 10.12691/jnh-7-1-3 JNH2019713 article Taslima Arzu tanu04anft@gmail.com 1 Md. Ariful Kabir Sujan 2 Dipak Kumar Paul 3 Tanvir Ahmad 4 Khondoker Rashna Gulshan 5 Farha Matin Juliana 6 Md. Sabir Hossain 6 Jahangirnagar University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh Senior Nutrition Program Manager, Nutrition Department, Save The Children International, Bangladesh Department of Applied Nutrition & Food Technology, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh Department of Nutrition & Food Technology, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore, Bangladesh Deputy Director, Foreign Exchange Operation Department, Bangladesh Bank Motijheel, Dhaka, Bangladesh Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh IYCF practices have a great impact on the physical and mental development of the child. The objective of this study was the lactating mothers with the children in the age group 0-23 months were studied and delivered IYCF counseling according to their need basis as well as key IYCF messages. Mother’s knowledge level was average about IYCF components; 42.4% mothers had proper knowledge about IYCF practice which improved to 48.6% who have at least 80% knowledge about IYCF.61.0% mothers had knowledge on initiation of breast-feeding within an hour of birth and now 79.1 mother knew the right message while 50.7% of the mothers initiated breast-feeding within an hour after birth remain same before and after the study. Exclusive breast-feeding for 6 months was practiced by the mothers of 60.2%& study leads to 73.5% as of impact of counseling. After counseling on IYCF knowledge increased from 61.6% to 75.2% on complimentary feeding should start at 6 months and 55.4% of the mother wished to continue breast fed for 2 years of infants but finally 65.5% agreed on right age of continuation of breast feeding for children. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jnh/7/1/3/jnh-7-1-3.pdf Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) brest feeding complementary feeding lactating mother