So Why Does My Baby Need that Vitamin K Stuff Anyways? If your baby is born in the hospital, they are usually offered three things: Erythromycin ointment in their eyes to prevent infection, their first Hepatitis B vaccination, and Vitamin K.  So what is Vitamin K?  Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that serves as a building block to help blood clot.  Our bodies cannot make Vitamin K and it is something we get from leafy green vegetables and the bacteria that live in our intestinal tracts.  Without Vitamin K, blood coagulation ca [...]
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