Toby Soto
Des Moines, IA
Activity summary
Happy to help! What can I do for you?
Hello! My name is Toby, and I'm more than excited to offer babysitting and pet care for anyone and everyone! I'm familiar with special needs children and pets, so your babies and fur babies will be safe, happy, and engaged in fun activities with me!
Vacation Babysitter, Babysitter $18.80/hour
Child ages I'm comfortable caring for:
- Newborns (0 - 2 months)
- Babies (3 - 12 months)
- Toddlers (1 - 2 years)
- Preschoolers (3 - 4 years)
- Small school kids (5 - 8 years)
- Tweens (9 - 12 years)
- Teenagers (13+ years)
- Up to 3 children at once
Childcare duties I can do:
- Light meals
- Full meals
- Cooking with kids
- Bottle feeding
- Taking kids on outings
- Changing diapers
- Bathing kids
- Supervising swimming / water play
- Preparing kids for bed / sleep routines
- Before school care
- Preparing school lunches
- After school care
- Help with homework
- Care for sick children
- Administering medications
- Care for twins/multiples
I'm available for events
- Special event babysitting
- Corporate functions babysitting
- Wedding babysitting
I can provide special needs care
- Care for special needs kids
- Food allergies
- Diabetes
- Asthma
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) / Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Anxiety disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Down syndrome
- Intellectual disabilities
- Dyslexia
- Epilepsy / tics
- Physical disabilities
- Deaf / hard of hearing
- Visual impairments
- Sleep disorders
Household duties I can do:
- Housekeeping
- Laundry / washing
I can do tutoring
- Tutoring
- Primary school tutoring
- Test / exam prep
- Reading writing
- Science tutoring
- Computers / coding
- Cooking lessons
- Art lessons
- Music lessons
Pet sitting $18.80 / hour
Pets I'm comfortable caring for:
- Dogs
- Cats
- Birds
- Fish
- Reptiles
- Small animals (rabbits, ferrets, etc.)
Other pet duties I can do:
- Administering medications
- Medical injections
- Feeding
- Pet playtime
- Daily exercise for your pet
- 24/7 supervision
- Cleaning litter boxes
- Cleaning cages / bedding
- Care for puppies
- Care for senior dogs
- Care for kittens
- Care for senior cats
Dog walking $10 / hour
- Small dogs (0—22lbs / 0—10kg)
- Medium dogs (22—44lbs / 10—20kg)
- Large dogs (44—88lbs / 20—40kg)
- Giant dogs (+88lbs / +40kg)
Other dog walking tasks I can do:
- Dog jogging (for energetic pooches!)
Other pet services I can provide
- Pet training
Other services I can provide
- Cleaning
- Elderly care / companionship
My availability
I'm looking for Casual/temporary, Part-time employment.
I can travel a few suburbs/towns away from Des Moines for work.
Here's my weekly availability:
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- Last minute bookings
- School holidays
- Public holidays
- New Year's Eve
- Valentine's Day
- Overnight jobs
- Full weekends
- Vacations with the family
My credentials
I'm happy to provide written documentation of my qualifications and credentials:
- 2 years experience working with children
- Water safety training
- 10 years experience working with pets
- I'm comfortable with pets
- I have pets
- General credentials:
- Email verified
- 17 years old
- Non-smoker / non-vaper
- Covid vaccinated
- Languages I can speak: English
- Sign language
I am still learning sign language.
My skills and interests:
- Music
- Singing
- Comedy
- Reading / storytelling
- Drawing / painting
- Arts / crafts
- Games
- Fitness
- Swimming
- Nature
- Animals
- Video
- Design
- Computers
- Writing
- Foreign languages
