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Recent researches are concerned with topics of newborn care giving, maternal knowledge and practices because it facilitates growth and development, protection against infection and detection of any abnormalities. The purpose of this study was to assess the mothers' knowledge and practices of basic newborn care given at home. The total sample included 55 primipara and multipara mothers with newborn babies. They were selected from Obstetric University Hospital in Tanta City. Interview questionnaire and observation checklists were designed to fulfill the aim of the study. The study revealed that mothers' knowledge and practices were within good and satisfactory average scores in most of the studied items related to newborn care giving at home except breast feeding. Significant differences were found between primipara and multipara mothers for most of the studied topics related to different topics of newborn care giving