A convention, a work trip, the family reunion, the vacation you've owed yourselves for years. While you travel, your kids live a normal week with a real mother — not a facility, not a rotating staff. A mama, her kitchen, her bedtime stories.
Travel far. They stay mothered.Your Momni keeps every penny of her care income. Momni never takes a cut.
Multi-day care deserves more than one meeting. So that's exactly how mamas do it here.
Search the map for mamas near you who host multi-day stays. Read profiles, reviews from other mothers, and everything she's chosen to share about her home, her family, her days.
For a longer stay, most mamas plan two or three visits before the trip: a meet-up at the park, an afternoon at her house, maybe a trial overnight. By departure day, her home isn't new — it's familiar. (Many families start smaller, with a weekend getaway first.)
Drop off the kids, the routine, and the emergency list. Then board the plane. Daily photo updates and scheduled check-in calls keep you close — from three time zones away.
Longer trips need a rhythm of reassurance. You and your Momni set it together before you leave.
Breakfast faces, fort-building, the bedtime pile-up on the couch. Most mamas send a little album every day — proof of an ordinary, happy day.
A goodnight video call, a morning text, a Sunday recap — whatever rhythm you two agree on at the planning visits. It's your trip; it's your rhythm.
Not an institution. Your kids eat at a family table, play with her kids, and get tucked in by a mother who knows how mothers tuck.
School pickups, soccer practice, the allergy list, the exact lullaby. You write the playbook; she runs the week by it.
When Priya got picked to present at her industry's biggest convention, her first feeling wasn't pride — it was panic. Five days. Two kids. No family within a thousand miles.
She found Beth on the Momni map, eight minutes away, a mama of three who'd hosted long stays before. They met at the park, then twice at Beth's house, then did a single practice overnight two weeks before the trip. By the time Priya flew out, her kids were asking if they could bring their scooters to "Miss Beth's hotel."
Every evening in Chicago, Priya got a photo album: homework at the kitchen table, taco night, her youngest asleep mid-story. She gave her presentation, took the questions, and flew home to two kids bursting with five days of news.
Keep reading: more letters from the Circle, and how the movement is reaching every mother, in every language.
Read more mama storiesExtended care happens inside a family's normal week — school runs, taco nights, and all.
By getting to know her — really know her. Momni is a community, not a childcare company. We don't choose your Momni for you, and we never will. You meet her, visit her home as many times as you need, and decide for yourself, the way you'd choose a trusted friend. Mamas share reviews from other mothers on their profiles, plus any background check they purchased themselves and chose to display. The choice is always, entirely yours.
That's between you and your Momni. Mamas host three-day convention trips, week-long work travel, ten-day reunions abroad. The longer the stay, the more visits you'll both want beforehand — and many pairs do a trial overnight stay first.
You and your Momni agree on her rate directly — daily or for the whole stay, whatever you two work out. Payment goes straight from you to her, mom to mom. Momni never touches care payments and never takes a percentage. She keeps every penny.
You hand over the whole week: school drop-off times, the practice schedule, dosage charts, the pediatrician's number, your travel itinerary. She's a mother running a household — your kids' week slots right into hers. Put it all in writing at the last visit so nothing lives only in your head.
You'll have set this up together before you leave: who she calls first, your backup local contact, and how to reach you fast. Between daily updates and your scheduled check-ins, you're never more than a message away — and neither is she.
There's a mama near you who has hosted weeks like this before, and her kids are already hoping yours will come. Find her, meet her, plan it together.
Find a Momni near you