The study was conducted to determine the nutritional status, care-giving and feeding practices of infants and
preschool children (0-5 years) in the motherless babies home (Red Cross and Holy family sisters of the Needy
motherless Babies Home) in Imo State. A cross sectional survey was carried out to elicit information from 100
respondents who were randomly selected. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 16 was used to
analyze the data. The World Health Organization Classification was used to define the anthropometric analysis
such as wasting, stunting and underweight among the children. Result revealed that anthropometric measurement
using WHO standards used in defining the following: Weight- for - height which showed that 18% were wasted,
height-for-age assessment revealed that 34% were stunted and weight-far-age showed that 19% were
underweight while 19% of the children were overweight. The result of the study indicate that 19% of children
were breastfed by wet nursing, 7% ate > 2 times daily, 11% take fits 3 times per week the health status of the
children showed that 19% of them were sick all the time, 2% each of the children had Oedema and Beriberi, 26
% had scurvy, 11% had rickets while 37% of the children had anaemic look on them. In conclusion, the study
revealed that the nutritional status of the infants and preschool children in the motherless babies home is
generally low due to the children's poor feeding habit and poor nutrition knowledge of the care givers as
indicated by the study.