Dear Editor; Breast Feeding is an important health-promoting behavior, conferring numerous health benefits for both mothers and infants. Mother’s milk is the most appropriate food for infants. There is no other food to replace it. Breast Feeding is the normal way of supplying necessary nutrients of young infants for their health growth and development.

Objective: The ideal nourishment for newborns with low birth-weight is Breast milk. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of natural-Feeding education given to mothers of low-birth-weight infants, on the mothers’ Breast-Feeding self-efficacy level, Breast-Feeding success, and the growth of the infants.Methods: The study was conducted in a quasi-experimental way. The study group consisted of a total of 85 low-birth-weight infants and their mothers who had been treated in the neonatal clinics of two hospitals. The mothers included in the test group were given Breast-Feeding education for half an hour per day, during the first 5 days of their hospitalization. Home visits were carried out at the homes of the participants from both the test and control groups, until the infants reached 6 months of age. For collecting data, the following forms were used: Personal Information Form, Breast-Feeding Self-Efficacy Form, LATCH Breast-Feeding Assessment Tool, and Anthropometric Measurements Form. For analyzing the collected data, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and chi-square we used, and, in independent groups, t-tests were employed.Findings: It was determined that natural-Feeding education given to the mothers increases their Breast-Feeding self-efficacy levels and success in Breast-Feeding (P<0.05). It was found that in the test group, the rate of Feeding the infants exclusively with Breast milk is higher in comparison with the control group (P<0.001).Conclusion: Results of the study indicate that natural-Feeding education increases Breast-Feeding self-efficacy levels, Breast-Feeding success, and the Breast-Feeding duration.