Lack of stimulation given to the baby will exacerbate growth retardation in infants. A lot of research show that babies need stimulation to help the baby in the adaptation to the new environment. The purpose of the study to determine the effect of infant massage on weight gain in infants aged 0-6 months Banyuputih Community Health Center in 2014. Kind of research experiment, using a cohort study design, the entire population of infants aged 0-6 months with KMS status below the red lines in the work area Banyuputih Community Health Center for 12 babies, technique sampling used non-probability sampling, and data analysis used the Fisher exact test. The results showed that infants who massaged in accordance with SOP amounted to 2 babies and babies are not massaged in accordance with the SOP of 10 babies. Fisher's exact test results obtained with sig exact value (one-tailed) = 0.015 and the exact sig (2-tailed) = 0.015 and the value
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