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Background and objective:Breastfeeding has a significant impact on maternal and child health. Poor feeding practises increase the risk of infectious diseases such as diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection significantly. In view of the significance of breastfeeding, the current study was carried out to evaluate lactating mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practises toward breastfeeding as well as to track their positioning and attachment. Material and methodology: this study wasconducted in Department of Pediatrics of tertiary care teaching hospital at Ahmedabad. This was cross sectional observational study; conducted over period of 2 years. All neonates who were qualified under inclusion criteria were enrolled in study. Demographic details of mothers were collected. All the answers were filled up according to pre designed questionnaires and all data were tabulated and analysed. Results: Total 300 mothers were included in this study. In our study 58% mothers had average and 39% mothers had excellent knowledge regarding breastfeeding; 83% mothers had excellent attitude. 55% mothers were having average and 45% mother were having poor practices regarding breastfeeding. There was a moderate positive correlation between attitude and practices, which was statistically significant. Conclusion:The present study concludes that despite having adequate knowledge, attitude, good practices towards breastfeeding, there were still myths prevailing in the community, certain malpractices and insufficient knowledge on certain aspects of breastfeeding. Proper education of mother and whole family is very important. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]