SLO High grad’s nanny business has a big job at the Super Bowl: Watching the Rams’ kids
While 90 million people watch the Los Angeles Rams battle the Cincinnati Bengals battle in the Super Bowl on Sunday, San Luis Obispo native Rebecca Stewart and her employees will have their eyes on someone else: the children of the Rams’ coaches and players.
Stewart, who grew up in SLO and graduated from SLO High in 1999, owns VIP Nannies and Household Staffing, which provides child care services to members of the Rams organization.
The business, based in Sherman Oaks, caters to celebrity clients and provides a variety of services including nannies, chefs, personal and executive assistants, personal trainers, formal butlers and housekeepers.
As a part of the company’s work in recent years, VIP Nannies has cared for children of Los Angeles Rams’ coaches and players, operating out of a highly secured room at the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood during home games.
This year, that job is extra special, as Stewart’s company will be caring for kids during the Super Bowl. The site where they’ll be is not being disclosed for security reasons.
“I joke like it takes a village to go to the Super Bowl,” Stewart said. ”It has been really busy for us getting ready of late.”
What VIP Nannies does during the game
Stewart said that taking care of children from professional football players requires arriving three hours before the game, watching the kids during the game, and then working two hours post-game until the children can be picked up.
“They’re honestly super nice people,” Stewart said. “In our five years of working for the Rams, I haven’t met one player or coach who hasn’t really appreciated us and how we help them.”
Typically, they care for five to 15 Rams’ kids during a game.
Despite the high-profile nature of her Rams assignment, Stewart said many of her staff don’t know much about football.
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“About 90% of my staff doesn’t know a thing about football, but they do a really good job,” Stewart said. “It’s usually the outside person that says, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s crazy.’”
Stewart said that after the last Rams’ home playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers, the VIP Nannies staff was able to get on the field after the game and take some photos, which was fun for them.
How she started the business
Stewart started her business in her early 20s after attending Cal State Fullerton.
After working as a nanny in Bel Air, she got a loan from a bank in SLO and launched her company.
“I explained my idea, and he said, ‘It sounds like you know what you’re talking about,” Stewart said. “I said, ‘I’m pretty sure I do. I just need the seed money.’ I filled out the paperwork, and he comes back and says, ‘OK, we can do the loan.’”
Stewart said one of the qualities she thinks that celebrities like is that she’s from a small town and brings an authentic approach to her job and how she treats people.
“Whether someone has $1 million problems or a $100 problem, they’re all people and they need child care,” Stewart said.
This story was originally published February 13, 2022 at 5:00 AM.
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