Meg keeps your life running.
The Home Helper
Services include:
Babysitter Placement
Home organization and management
Overnight home and pet care
Daily drop-ins and walks
Errand running
Appointment setting
Event/birthday party assistance
Basic cleaning
Childcare support upon request (Adult & Pediatric CPR/First Aid/AED Certified)
Private Driver (Clean Driving Record, Valid Driver’s License)
About Meg
The Home Helper was created by Meg Ruddy as an answer to the growing list of families reaching out in need of support.
With years of experience caring for homes, pets, and children across Los Angeles, Meg brings a rare blend of professionalism, calm, and heart to every household she supports.
Caring for people, places, and pets comes naturally to Meg as her parents have always instilled in her the importance of serving the needs of others. Meg’s father was the Director of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital for over 30 years, and her mom was a nurse turned education program manager for a non-profit called Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, which focuses on empowering residents to create cleaner, community-driven public spaces.
Meg has a background working in Montessori preschools, and even worked in the same Montessori preschool she attended as a preschooler herself with a few of the same teachers who taught her!
Years later, as a result of the Covid-19 Pandemic, she returned to the Montessori Method when she was hired by 6 families to teach their children 5 days a week out of one family’s beautiful home in Angelino Heights.
Meg created a detailed curriculum each week, homemade activities, and a positive learning environment in which families could find joy and comfort during the most stressful time in their lives.
Through this experience, Meg learned she has a deep passion and natural ability for thoughtfully maintaining home health for the complex lives of LA professionals.
“Meg makes leaving our home feel effortless.” — L.A. Client
When she’s not caring for clients’ homes, Meg enjoys acting on stage, and in front of the camera. Her husband, James, actually recently launched The Shared Experience Studio, a new improv theatre and school in East Hollywood. Meg performs on the all women team, Hotel Lobby, every other Thursday! She is excited about the new kids improv program she has helped create with talented instructors, Karen Vaughn and Molly Doan!
Check out the summer offerings and the show calendar on our website! We would love to see you there!
Warm. Professional. Trusted.
Services & Pricing Breakdown
Babysitter Matchmaking
Serving Los Feliz, Echo Park, Silverlake, and Hollywood Hills
Babysitting gets a bad rap, but it’s helped me in so many ways! I’d been doing the whole acting/serving thing for years like so many others in LA, and I was finally DONE. I needed something that would both fulfill me and my love of serving others and also was financially worth the time it was taking up in the day away from my other pursuits. I talked myself out of the embarrassment I felt for babysitting as I realized how much I was helping busy working parents who were in search of someone who was both reliable, and laid back to blend in with their family. As I have become busier I’ve had to turn away many families, and have connected them with my improv/actor/artist friends, and all of my feedback has been nothing short of glowing - from both the parents AND the babysitters! :)
I would love to help you find someone you love to take on such an important role - caring for your little one!
*After a successful placement, you and your new babysitter will handle all future details between yourselves.
Basic Match – $175: One carefully selected sitter recommendation.
Premium Match – $250: Up to three vetted matches, help coordinating interviews, and one free rematch within 30 days.
*Returning clients and referrals receive priority scheduling.
Booking Requests: megsitsforabit@gmail.com
Los Angeles, CA