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WHO estimates that more than 20 million toddlers in developing countries fail to reach optimal potential development. It was about 35,4% of children under five years in Indonesia experience developmental deviations such as gross and fine motor skills, mental and emotional deviations. This study was to determine the effect of baby massage on the development of 3-month-old baby in the Penusupan District Health Centre of Tegal Regency. This study was a Quasi Experiment study with Pre and Post research design test Without Control Group Design amounted to 32 people of sample. All respondents experienced dubious development before infant massage with an average value of 7.56 and a median of 8.00. The development of respondents after of baby massage was in accordance with the average value of 9.44 and median of 10.00. The Wilcoxon test results obtained p value of 0,000 (p <0.05). There is an effect of infant massage on the development of 3-month-old baby in Penusupan District Health Centre of Tegal Regency. It is expected that mothers who have 3-month-old babies can massage their babies at home 2 times a week for 15 minutes in order to optimize growth and development in babies while providing exclusive breastfeeding.