Daftar Isi:
  • Abstract. The rate of breastfeeding in Denpasar is low and the nutritional state in Bali is poor, it’s make the government launchs the IMD program. Purpose this study was to determine the contribution of early breastfeeding initiation towards infants body weight on neonatal age of 14 day with a 95 % confidence level the sample was 23 people with consecutive sampling. The method used was analitic observational. The results of person corrlation the r value is 0,474 means IMD with infants body weight have moderate levels of relationship with the direction of a positive correlation. Based on simple linear regression, showed the IMD contribution to infant weight at 14 days neonatal age was 22,4 %. This suggests is health professionals should continue to provide encouragement andinformation trough antenatal classes and counseling. The knowledge possessed by the mother from the beginning to provide an oferview and incerase convidence in the IMD that the mother will be able to increase the succes of IMD. Keywords : infant Body Weight early Breastfeeding Initation.