Newborn & Postpartum
Help for the first weeks with your newborn in Hoi An.
I'm Trang, a CPR-certified newborn nanny in Hoi An, supporting expat parents through the early weeks since 2018. Overnight feeds, pumping schedules, soothing, and a quiet pair of hands so you can sleep.
I know this part. I've done it twice.
The first six weeks with a newborn are their own kind of hard. Two-hour sleep stretches in a country where your mother isn't down the road. If you're reading this at 3am between feeds, hi. I've been there.
What I do is straightforward: I show up, I do the night, and you get a real sleep block. Not magical. Just easier with a second adult in the house who isn't scared of a screaming baby at 4am.
Overnight newborn care in Hoi An — what to expect
A typical night: I arrive around 9pm, you give me the rundown (last feed, last nap, anything off), and you go to bed. I take the baby to the living room. You don't see me again until you want to.
When she wakes, I handle the change and the soothing. I wake you on your schedule, not mine. We agree the plan before the first night and I stick to it.
Honest qualifier: I'm not a US-credentialed night nurse. That's a specific medical role I don't hold. What I do is overnight newborn care as an experienced nanny. If you want overnight care without the newborn-specific support — say, for a one-year-old sleeping through — see my overnight nanny page instead.
Breastfeeding, pumping, bottles — whatever you're doing
There's no right way to feed a newborn, and I don't have opinions about yours. Whatever rhythm you've landed on, I support it cleanly so you can keep going.
Cluster-feeding at 6 weeks? I bring her to you and take her back the second she's done. Exclusively pumping? I wake you for the session and bottle-feed her with what you produced. Combo-feeding? I try the bottle first and only wake you if she rejects it. Formula-only? I handle the full feed and you sleep.
I'm comfortable with reflux, gassy nights, the works. I'm not a lactation consultant; for latch or supply issues, I'll point you to an IBCLC in Da Nang.
Want to talk through what your nights look like before you commit? Message me and we'll work it out.
When the crying won't stop
Sometimes nothing works. Fed, changed, burped, swaddled, rocked, shushed, still crying. I've walked colicky babies for two hours at a stretch and I'm calm doing it. I won't panic. I won't take it personally.
The honest value during a crying spell isn't a magic trick. It's that you get to leave the room for twenty minutes without guilt. Shower. Eat sitting down. Cry quietly in the bedroom if you need to. I'll be with the baby, and she's safe.
If something seems genuinely off — fever, refusing all feeds for hours, a cry that doesn't sound like the usual cries — I'll flag it and we'll decide together whether to call the paediatrician. I'm not the doctor. I'm the person who's heard enough newborn cries to know which ones matter.
Taking the older sibling so you can nap
If you have an older kid, this might be the most useful thing I do all month. I'll walk a 2-year-old to An Bang beach, down to the Cam Thanh playground, or keep them quiet downstairs while you and the baby get an uninterrupted nap upstairs. Same hourly rate, no surcharge for the extra kid, so you focus on the baby.
Rates, hours, and how to reach me
200,000 VND per hour, flat. Same rate day or night. No newborn surcharge (some nannies in town quote double for infants; I don't). No per-child fee. Cash at the end, no deposit.
Most postpartum bookings are one of three shapes: a full overnight (roughly 9pm to 6am), a half-night (10pm to 3am, if you only need the first stretch), or a daytime block of 3–5 hours while you nap with the baby. Mix and match across the week.
I'm one person, not an agency, so book a few days ahead when you can. For the first week home from hospital, message me as soon as you have a rough due date and I'll hold space. More questions answered on the FAQ page.
Get a real sleep block this week.
Message me with your dates, your baby's age, and how you're feeding. I'll confirm availability and we'll plan the first night.