Vitamin recommendations?

[Pinoikoi]

My dh took the boys to their annual checkups without me since the appts were made in advance and I was NEWLY postpartum.. anyway, our ped wants the kids on vitamins with vit D. Note our northern location..

Anyway, MY doc wanted me on 50,000 units per week- but it was a script one and I wasn't comfortable with a once a week vitamin, so I am taking around 3,000 a day instead (non script).. but I don't know how many kids are supposed to get for northern climates and dh didn't know to ask..

So I am looking for a good kids vitamin that includes d3.. I went to the natural foods store and got multisaurus brand ones that the kids said tasted decent (chewable) that included d3, but the recommended dosage was for 2-4 year olds and didn't say how many vitamins to give to older kids.. my kids are 5, 6, 7, and 12.. I figured the 12 year old could probably take 2 or 3 a day but like I said, the label didn't have those instructions..

I also found some lemon flavored vitamins for kids that were JUST D3, (I can't recall the name) but I would prefer the vitamins be a multi vitamin instead of doing a multi and adding a separate d3..

so what should I look for? I picked up a different brand yesterday but they said it didn't taste good, and that kind of has to be a requirement..

so
D3 (unit amount?)
multivitamin
ages 5-12
tastes good

[SuburbanHippie]

These are the vitamins my kids use. They contain 2,000-3,000 IUs of vitamin D3 (per dose, not per chewable). Your 5, 6, and 7 year old would take 2 a day. Your 12 year old would take 3. It took some time for my kids to get used to them because they had been used to taking gummy vitamins. Now they're the ones reminding me daily because they love them so much.

I only buy them when there is a sale and I stock up. Dr. Eisenstein runs a sale for every holiday and last year he also ran a back-to-school sale. It's usually 20% off and free shipping over $50.

[Pinoikoi]

this is the second one we tried (which my kids did NOT like)

http://www.vitacost.com/Twinlab-Anim...F-027434009225

and the first one we tried (although i spent twice that much)

http://vitanetonline.com/description...s/MultiSaurus/