ABSTRACT Background: The weaning period is a crucial time in an infant’s life. We aimed to study the pattern of the chil-dren’s weaning, age, causes, child's problems of weaning, weaning food, sources of information about wean- ing, and the process of weaning itself among children of Arar, Saudi Arabia.Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 452 mothers during the period from September 2017 to March 2018. Mothers were randomly selected from the attendees of the female side of six selected primary health care centers in the city using a systematic random sampling technique (every fourth mother). Results: The majority of children (34.7%) were weaned at 13–24 months, (34.3%) were weaned because they completed 24 months. Crying and the bad mood were the most common problems (33.4%) in case of refusal of weaning. Home food was the most preferred food for the children (96.9%), and information about weaning was gained through different sources, mainly relatives and parents (62.4%). Our study reported that 67.3% stopped breastfeeding just without any reason. Conclusion: In our study, the highest proportion was weaned at 13–24 months. There was a significant misunderstanding about the meaning of weaning in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia. A program promoting exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months must be conducted to increase the mother’s awareness of exclusiv breastfeeding Keywords: Child weaning, weaning age, causes of weaning, weaning problems, exclusive breastfeeding.