You Tell Me: Vitamins and Supplements

Wow, you guys!  I am so thrilled with all the amazing musical feedback you shared with me last week.  I have had so much fun working through your recommendations.

That post had more comments that any non-giveaway post I've done (I think).  Score! 

(That reminds me . . . I've been wanting to follow-up on the post commenting on comments by saying I totally understand that very few of us can comment everywhere we like to read.  I am the Queen of Reading Via Feeds!  It was definitely not my intention to send anyone on a guilt trip for not commenting here all the time.  I just want to make it clear that I am always happy to hear from you - whether you are a long-time friend/new reader, long-time reader/new friend, or if you landed here haphazardly by Googling something important like delaying vaccines or making Texas sweet tea.  Or greasy hair.  I'll try to shut up about that for now, although it's hard for me because the dynamics of the blogging community is endlessly fascinating to me.)

Anyway.  MypointandIdohaveone:

It was so great to hear from ya'll on the music issue, and it was a great reminder to me of how outrageously blessed I am to have such a diverse, intelligent, gorgeous, insightful group of friends to run around with.  What else can you tell me to make my life better?  I think I shall start a new series: You Tell Me.  You know all that unsolicited advice you have just rocking and rolling around in your head?  I'm soliciting.

First question in the series: What's the scoop on vitamins and supplements?

I'm pretty sure that at least D and I should be taking them.  She is just about as preschool-picky as they come, and her diet consists chiefly of buttered (whole wheat) pasta, broccoli, milk, 100% juice, breads, lunch meat, rice, PB&J, and Carnation Instant Breakfast.  And "chick'n nuggets" (both the McDonalds variety and the far healthier but equally acceptable Morningstar veggie variety). 

I am about as un-picky as they come (check my waistline for visual validation), but I think as a nursing mom I should be taking something beyond my prenatals to make sure AJ is getting all she needs.  Right?  Some kind of DHA thing?  See how little I know?

So - you tell me.  My eyes totally glaze over when I browse the supplement aisle.  What do we need?  What do you take and why?  Be specific and tell me what brands you think are good, 'cause that's also confusing to me.