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ABSTRACT Weaning is the process of giving an infant other foods and liquids with breast milk after the age of 6 months as breast milk alone is not sufficient to meet the nutritional requirements of growing baby. It is the process by which the infant gradually becomes habituated to adult diet. Under nutrition remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among children globally, which is directly or indirectly related to knowledge of months regarding weaning. The present "A Descriptive study to assess the level of knowledge Regarding Weaning Among Nursing Mothers in Pediatric OPD of SMIH Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand with a view to develop informational booklet.'' AIM: To assess the level of knowledge Regarding Weaning Among Nursing Mothers in Pediatric OPD of SMIH Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 1. To assess the level of knowledge regarding weaning among nursing mothers. 2. To find the association between level of knowledge of nursing mothers with their socio -demographic variables. METHODOLOGY The nature of the study was non-experimental. The study was conducted in Pediatric OPD SMIH, Patel Nagar, Dehradun; the research design use for the study was Non- Experimental descriptive research design. Total 49 nursing mothers were selected through purposive sampling technique and data was collected using self structured knowledge questionnaires in pediatric OPD in Shri Mahant Indiresh hospital Dehradun, Uttarakhand.The data collected for to assess the level of knowledge regarding Weaning among Nursing Mothers. RESULT The analysis revealed that mothers of infant (28.75%) had good knowledge, (67.57%) had average and (4.08%) had poor knowledge regarding weaning. There was no significant association found between knowledge score of nursing mothers regarding weaning with their socio demographic variables. CONCLUSION: It can concluded that most of the mothers had average level of knowledge regarding weaning.