About Us

A New Kind of Agency!

Beach Baby Nannies serves families who want safe, reliable, loving care, and also understand the need for a stable, long-term professional partnership with an agency that will meet their family’s needs as their children and household needs grow. We specialize in offering quality, affordable, and professional child care referral services in addition to housekeepers, private chefs, tutors, and more all to help make your life easier. The most important family we work with is yours.

Beach Baby Nannies truly believes in caring about the families, nannies, and household staff we serve. Our commitment to exceptional customer service, experience in the industry, and insistence on high-quality placements is what sets us apart from our competition. Beach Baby Nannies was created in order to provide a platform for parents to connect with Early Childhood professionals who provide care and developmentally appropriate learning experiences for children in home environments.

Our agency is built on principles highly valued by the clientele we serve. We think integrity, discretion, and trust are paramount in this business and we take our clients’ privacy very seriously. When you partner with Beach Baby Nannies to fulfill your domestic staffing needs, you may confidently rely on our discreet professionalism to guide you through the hiring process.

We encourage you to contact Beach Baby Nannies team today, to discuss your household requirements and we look forward to a successful professional relationship with you and your family.

As members of the International Nanny Association, we agree to abide by INA’s Commitment to Professional Excellence and Recommended Practices.

Meet Trudie

Trudie Lopez - Owner/Founder

Trudie’s passion for quality and local business as well as her extensive experience in the professional household staffing industry places her in the perfect position to lead Beach Baby Nannies.

Her background spans over 15 years as a professional Career Nanny/Family Assistant/ House Manager and with a toddler of her own, Trudie brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the executive role within Beach Baby Nannies. Trudie is also a local to Santa Barbara growing up in the area since she was 2-years-old, which includes going to to UC Santa Barbara for college and then getting into non-profit field. Once building a little family of her own, building a premier household staffing agency just seemed like the next right step, and what the locals wanted.

Trudie strives to bring tenacity and professionalism to every interaction, whether it be with families or her Nannies, and prides herself on her ability to exclusively hand-pick perfect matches for families all over the globe. Her unique background as a previous professional Nanny and household staffer, along with her own Mom point of view, and savvy business skills, all contribute to an invaluable viewpoint and asset to the Beach Baby Nannies TEAM.

"Trudie is so thorough in learning about our family and childcare needs, and the sitters she sends have all been wonderful."

"Trudie provides detailed background information about every caregiver, initiates direct communication with the sitter before they arrive, and checks in to make sure everything is going well."

Trudie is amazing at finding the best nanny or sitter to fit your family!"