Every question, answered like a friend would.

Momni is moms helping moms — that's the whole secret.

Momni is a caresharing community: a place where mothers find each other, get to know each other, and share care for one another's children — hosted in real homes, arranged mom-to-mom. Think of it as the neighborhood you wish you had, made findable.

It started in 2017 when Karmel, a mama of five in Utah, opened her own home to other moms' littles — and discovered thousands of mothers wanted the very same thing, in both directions. That grew into a movement of 26,000+ mamas in all 50 states. Read the whole story on Our Story.

It's the word we use for something mothers have always done: sharing the care of each other's children. One mama hosts littles in her home; another gets the hours she needs — for work, a night out, a night shift, or just a breath. Often the same mama does both at different seasons of her life.

Daycare is a building. Babysitting is a transaction. Caresharing is a relationship between two moms — that's why everything on Momni starts with getting to know each other.

Three minutes, truly:

• 1. Go to app.momni.com and create your free account.
• 2. Tell the Circle about yourself and your littles — write it like you'd introduce yourself to a new friend.
• 3. Put your pin on the map so mamas near you can find you (your exact address is never shown).

That's it. Browse the Movement Map, join a Circle near you, or send your first Link.

Yes — joining is free, browsing is free, and hosting is free forever. The free tier includes your profile, the map, Circles, and a couple of Links a month to get you started.

If you want more, memberships start at $1 a month — and they're listed openly in the money section below, because we'd rather over-explain than surprise you.

No — and the difference matters. An agency picks people for you and stands behind them. Momni doesn't pick anyone. Every mama here is here because she signed up — that's all it means. We never select, investigate, approve, or stand behind any member.

Getting to know a mama, deciding whether to trust her, and choosing what to arrange is your job — exactly as it would be with a new neighbor. We say this loudly and often, because your littles deserve a mama who's heard it. The whole honest picture is on our Transparency page.

A Link is a care arrangement between two mamas. You send a request, she confirms, and you get a shared space with the visit details, a message thread, and a drop-off / pick-up timeline you both can see. After the visit, you each leave a review.

Free accounts include a couple of Links each month; more are $1 each in bundles (that dollar goes to keeping the lights on — never a cut of care money).

Four ways, built around real mom-life:

• ⚡ Available Now — instant booking with mamas who are open right now. The sitter-cancelled, meeting-moved, life-happened button.
• 🌙 Night Out — an evening for you (and whoever makes you smile).
• 🔄 Recurring — the same mama, the same days, every week. Your regular.
• 🌜 Overnight — night-shift mamas, weekend getaways, longer trips. She's got the night watch.

And if what you really need is licensed group care, Find a Daycare helps you search that too — Momni is for moms, whatever the answer turns out to be.

Directly. Always. Momni never touches care money.

You pay her the way friends pay each other — cash, Venmo, whatever you two agree. Her rate is hers to set and 100% hers to keep. Momni never processes the payment, never holds it, and never takes a percentage. Not now, not ever — it's a founding promise.

Please do — we'd be worried if you didn't. Message through the app, then meet somewhere easy: a park, her porch, a playdate where you stay. Bring your littles and watch how everyone gets along. Ask anything; a good host mama loves the questions, because she's asking them right back.

We keep a whole page of meet-first wisdom from the community in our Suggested Momni Conduct.

Tell her the moment you know — the same courtesy you'd give a friend. There's no Momni cancellation fee because there's no Momni middleman; the arrangement is between you two. Mamas who communicate early and kindly are the mamas everyone wants to Link with again.

Nothing. Hosting is free — always has been, always will be.

No listing fee, no membership requirement, no commission on what you earn. This was Karmel's promise in 2017 and it survives every pricing decision we ever make: the mama doing the caring never pays to care.

You set it. You keep every penny. Your profile says what you charge in your own words ("$8/hr, paid directly to me"), the booking mama pays you directly, and Momni's share is zero — forever. Many hosts ask around their Circle to feel out what's normal nearby; it's your call entirely.

It depends on where you live. Every state — and sometimes every county — has its own rules about caring for children in your home: how many kiddos, how many hours, which situations need a family-childcare license. Informal, occasional care between friends is often treated differently than running a daycare — but the lines are local.

Knowing and following your local childcare laws is your responsibility as a host. A 10-minute search for "your state family child care license exempt" or a call to your state's child-care licensing office usually settles it. When in doubt, ask — your littles' friends deserve a host who did.

That's the design. You choose which kinds of care you offer (Available Now, Night Out, Recurring, Overnight), set a weekly availability grid (mornings, afternoons, evenings, overnights), and flip "available now" on only when you mean it. School-morning hosts, night-owl hosts, weekend-only hosts — all real, all welcome.

Here's the honest version: Momni doesn't run background checks on anyone. What some mamas choose to do is purchase their own background check and share it on their profile — like showing a new friend your references.

A shared report is that member's content: she bought it, she chose to display it, and Momni hasn't obtained, reviewed, or confirmed it. Weigh it the way you'd weigh anything a new friend showed you — with your own eyes and your own judgment, alongside meeting her, asking questions, and trusting your gut.

Small, flat, optional things. All of them together:

Never. Zero percent. It's a founding promise.

Care payments are made directly between members. Momni never processes them, never holds them, never sets rates, and never takes a commission. Our only revenue is the flat platform pricing above — which is why a host's $8/hour is $8/hour.

Circle Up ($1/mo, billed $12/yr) is the heartbeat membership — you're saying "count me in" and helping keep Momni running, with member perks as we grow. Named after Karmel's book, because that's where the movement's story lives.

Momni+ ($4.99/mo or $49/yr) is all-in: everything Momni offers, included, for mamas who book or host all the time.

Start free, upgrade if Momni earns it. That's the order we want.

A voluntary $1 you can switch on, which goes to the Momni Foundation — the separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps fund care for mamas who can't afford it. Off by default, on if your heart says so, off again anytime. Every dollar is disclosed as a donation to the Foundation, not revenue for the company.

One brand, two entities, separate wallets:

• Momni, Inc. runs momni.com and app.momni.com — the community platform. A company.
• The Momni Foundation (momnifoundation.org) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit with its own finances and governance, helping mamas in crisis afford care.

Money never quietly crosses between them. When you give through Momni Gives, it's a donation to the Foundation, full stop.

A Circle is a local group of mamas who actually gather — park playgroups, moms' nights out, welcome coffees for new faces. Find one near you on the Circles page or in the app, join in one tap, and show up. The mamas you meet at Circle gatherings are usually the mamas you end up Linking with.

Start a Circle in the app, and you're its leader — with a real toolkit: a member roster, a gathering planner (weekly and monthly), one-tap email reminders to your members, and a grow kit of ready-to-post invites for your neighborhood groups.

Circle Leaders are the backbone of this movement. If you've ever been the mom who organizes the group chat — you're already one of us.

The community forum inside the app — where mamas share ideas, ask questions, celebrate wins, and vote on what Momni should build next. The most-loved ideas rise to the top, and you can watch them move from open → planned → building → shipped. Karmel reads everything. This FAQ? Half of it came from Campfire questions.

Little 💜s of recognition the community earns: 1.0 Founding Mama (she was here at the beginning), Super Host (many completed cares and warmly reviewed by fellow members), Campfire Spark / Flame / Keeper (she shows up for the conversation), Foundation Giver, and more.

From 2017 to 2020, Momni grew from Karmel's living room to 26,000+ mamas and hosts in all 50 states. Then COVID arrived, in-home care paused almost overnight, and Momni went quiet with it.

But movements don't die — they rest. Momni 2.0 is the relaunch: community-led, lighter on its feet, built to last this time. Same heart, same promise, stronger bones. The full story is on Our Story.

Yes, mama. We kept your light on.

Every 1.0 mama appears on the Movement Map as a soft clay-colored dot — anonymous, city-level only, no names — a constellation of the first 26,000. When you come back and reclaim yours, it turns bright teal and becomes you again.

Your pin is still on the map. Come light it up.

Join at app.momni.com — if you can, use the same email you used back then, and tell us you're a 1.0 mama. You'll wear the 1.0 Founding Mama badge from day one, and your dot on the map becomes a bright pin with your name on it (well — the name you choose to show).

Because elephant mothers do what we do. They raise their young together — every calf has a circle of mothers and aunties watching over it. When a little one is threatened, the mothers close the circle around it. And elephants never forget — not a face, not a kindness, not one of their own.

26,000 mamas. We remember every one. 🐘💜

No — and we won't pretend otherwise. Momni doesn't investigate, evaluate, approve, or stand behind any member. A profile on Momni means one thing: she signed up.

We built it this way on purpose, and we say it everywhere: trust on Momni is built the way mothers have always built it — in person, over time, with your own eyes. Meet first. Ask everything. Start small. Trust your gut. The complete picture is on our Transparency page, and the practical steps are in Suggested Momni Conduct.

Reviews are moms sharing opinions with moms — one mama's honest experience, in her own words. They're genuinely useful, the way a neighbor's recommendation is useful. But they're opinions, not assurances: Momni doesn't evaluate or endorse them, and a glowing history is not a promise about your experience. Read them, weigh them, and still do your own meeting and asking.

The community's short list, earned the long way:

• Meet first — somewhere easy, littles along, no rush.
• Ask the hard questions — discipline, screens, food, pets, who else is home, naps, allergies.
• Ask for references — and actually call them.
• See the space where your littles will play and sleep.
• Start small — an hour while you get coffee nearby before you book a full day.
• Trust your instincts — if anything feels off, it's allowed to be a no. No explanation owed.

The full version lives at Suggested Momni Conduct.

If a child is in danger or a crime may have occurred: call 911 / your local authorities first. Always. Momni is a community platform, not an emergency service or an investigator — real emergencies belong with the people equipped for them.

Then tell us. Every profile and Link has a report option, and reports go straight to a human. We can remove members and close accounts; what happened between members may also be a matter for local authorities, and we'll always tell you to go to them first.

Your profile shows what you choose to share — your exact address is never shown publicly, and your map pin sits at neighborhood level, not on your doorstep. We don't sell your data; we'd rather charge a dollar honestly than sell you quietly. Details in the Privacy Policy.