Background: Child feeding practices was directly influence nutritional status of a child. Maternal education level has long been associated with child feeding practices.

Objective: To describe the pattern of breast feeding practice (type of food given just after delivery, time of starting breast feeding, exclusive breast feeding, duration of breast feeding, and starting of complementary feeding) among the urban women of Bangladesh in Jashore in addition to age and education level of the respondents. Methodology: This descriptive type of cross sectional study was carried out on breast feeding practices among urban women in Jashore from 1st January to 30th June 2019. By purposive sampling technique a total number of 100 respondents having child less than 5 years old were selected for this study. Data were collected by face to face interview through a pretested questionnaire.

Results: In this study 48.0% of the respondents were between 34 to 41 years age group. About 40.0% of the respondents were graduates, 34% were post graduates, 16% were SSC level, and 10% were ≥HSC level and no one was illiterate. Maximum 86.0% mothers gave breast milk, 6.0% gave honey, and 8.0% gave formula milk just after delivery. Majority (70.0%) of the respondents started breast feeding within 1 hour, 10.0% after 1 hour, 14.0% after 3 hours, and 6.0% after 4 hours. About four-fifth (80.0%) of the respondent fed exclusive breast feeding for 5 to 6 months, 16.0% fed up to 3-4 months, and 4.0% fed up to 1-2 months. Maximum 60.0 % fed 18-24 months, 26.0% fed >24 months and 4.0% fed 12-18 months. Most (88.0%) of them started complementary food within 6 months, 12.0% started after 6 months.

Conclusion: Mothers with higher education were more likely to initiate breastfeeding with the first hour of childbirth. Future interventions should focus on increasing girl's and women's education program through formal or non-formal education programs, respectively.