Cheryl,
It is NOT at all likely for the baby's seizures to be caused by an
allergy or by the moms seafood intake or diet.  Or the varnish.

The most likely explanation is this:
In some epilepsy syndromes, the time of greatest vulnerability to
seizures is during changes of levels of consciousness, particularly just
starting to fall asleep or just awakening.  Now think of baby
breastfeeding:  baby gets drowsy, starts to relax, change of level of
consciousness.

Seizures and epilepsy scare some people out of their wits.  This
insistence that it be anything else is possibly a denial tactic on the
part of the mother.  The best thing you can do for her is encourage her
to continue breastfeeding, and give her emotional support re: her fears
for her baby, and all the stress she is under.
--
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  New York City  mailto:[log in to unmask]

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