Toxic levels of Vitamin A are much much higher than this... This info is from the http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminA-HealthProfessional/ 

Table 3: Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs) for Preformed Vitamin A [5]*
Age	Male	Female	Pregnancy	Lactation
0–12 months	600 mcg RAE
(2,000 IU)	600 mcg RAE
(2,000 IU)	 	 
1–3 years	600 mcg RAE
(2,000 IU)	600 mcg RAE
(2,000 IU)	 	 
4–8 years	900 mcg RAE
(3,000 IU)	900 mcg RAE
(3,000 IU)	 	 
9–13 years	1,700 mcg RAE
(5,667 IU)	1,700 mcg RAE
(5,667 IU)	 	 
14–18 years	2,800 mcg RAE
(9,333 IU)	2,800 mcg RAE
(9,333 IU)	2,800 mcg RAE
(9,333 IU)	2,800 mcg RAE
(9,333 IU)
19+ years	3,000 mcg RAE
(10,000 IU)	3,000 mcg RAE
(10,000 IU)	3,000 mcg RAE
(10,000 IU)	3,000 mcg RAE
(10,000 IU)
* These ULs, expressed in mcg and in IUs (where 1 mcg = 3.33 IU), only apply to products from animal sources and supplements whose vitamin A comes entirely from retinol or ester forms, such as retinyl palmitate. However, many dietary supplements (such as multivitamins) do not provide all of their vitamin A as retinol or its ester forms. For example, the vitamin A in some supplements consists partly or entirely of beta-carotene or other provitamin A carotenoids. In such cases, the percentage of retinol or retinyl ester in the supplement should be used to determine whether an individual's vitamin A intake exceeds the UL. For example, a supplement labeled as containing 10,000 IU of vitamin A with 60% from beta-carotene (and therefore 40% from retinol or retinyl ester) provides 4,000 IU of preformed vitamin A. That amount is above the UL for children from birth to 13 years but below the UL for adolescents and adults.


It appears that, unless this mother was getting preformed vit A from other sources, not likely her vitamins could come near being toxic. Beta carotene sources of vit A have no upper limit for toxicity. Hope this baby will be okay and mom can let go of self blame. Interesting to note that topical Vit A preparations can cause problems.

Celina Dykstra, IBCLC.

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