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Background: a baby at 6 months is a critical phase in starting to eat. The nutritional adequacy of the baby is strongly influenced by the correct feeding pattern. Breast Milk Complement is the initial food which is given to babies as a breast milk complement which is useful for supporting nutritional needs as well as supporting infant growth and development. Parents have a very important role in providing healthy breast milk complement, the behavior of giving breast milk complement which is good is influenced by the level of mothers knowledge about breast milk complement. Good consumption of breast milk complement supports prevention of stunting in infants. Purpose: Describe the behavior of giving breast milk complement in infants age of 6-12 months. Methods : This research used descriptive method. The sample in this study were 225 mothers who had babies age of 6-12 months who lived in Buayan District, Kebumen. This sample is taken by random sampling technique. The instruments used in this study were questionnaires on knowledge about giving breast milk complement, questionnaires and observation sheets for the behavior of giving breast milk complement. Results: The result of the study showed that the majority of mothers age of 21-30 years old (65.3%), while for the age of infants at most 11 months (16.9%). The majority of education is Senior High School about 99 respondents (44%), and 219 as housewives (97.3%). A total of 199 mothers have sufficient knowledge (88.4%) and 135 mothers have enough behavior of giving breast milk complement (60.0%). Conclusions: most of mothers have enough knowledge as many as 199 people (88.4%) and most mothers have the behavior of giving breast milk complement with enough categories as many as 135 people (60.0%).