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Diarrhea is a disease characterized by an increase in the frequency of bowel movements three or more times a day. Based on previous studies, it shows that the higher the level of mother's knowledge about handling diarrhea, the lower the incidence of diarrhea in toddlers. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge about handling diarrhea in toddlers at the Posyandu Dusun Jebugan Tirtomulyo Kretek Bantul in February 2025. This study is a type of descriptive observational study with saturated sampling technique. The instrument used in this study is a closed questionnaire. Respondents in this study were mothers who have toddlers aged 12-59 months as many as 58 respondents. Data analysis was carried out by assessing the questionnaire for correct answers given a score of 1 and wrong answers given a score of 0. A person's knowledge can be interpreted with a level of good, sufficient and less knowledge. The results of this study show the characteristics of respondents based on age, the majority of respondents are 25-34 years old, namely 44 respondents (75,86%), the characteristics of respondents based on the type of work are 46 respondents (79.31%), good knowledge is 49 respondents (84.48%), sufficient knowledge is 6 respondents (10,34%) and insufficient knowledge is 3 respondents (5,18%). The conclusion of this study is that the majority of mothers have knowledge about the management of diarrhea in toddlers in the good category.