--- title: "Join your family on Cami · Cami Help" description: "Scan the family's QR code, open their invite link, or type the six-character code. You see everything they logged, from the very first entry." url: https://camibaby.com/help/join-a-family language: en updated: 2026-11-06 --- # Join your family on Cami Scan the family's QR code, open their invite link, or type the six-character code. You see everything they logged, from the very first entry. ## Before you start - Ask someone in the family to open the invite on their phone. They find it in **More** , **Invite**. See [Invite your family](https://camibaby.com/help/invite-family). - Joining needs a Cami account. If you don’t have one yet, Cami asks you to create one before you join. ## Join from a new Cami 1. Install Cami and open it. 2. Tap **Scan Invite Code**. Or tap **Get Started**, then **I’m joining a family**. 3. On the next screen, tap **Scan Invite Code** and point the camera at the QR code on their phone. To type the code instead, tap **Enter the code manually**. 4. Check the family’s name, then tap **Continue**. 5. Pick your role, then sign in or create your account. ![Cami's Scan the invite code screen, with the Scan Invite Code button and Enter the code manually under it.](https://camibaby.com/help/join-a-family/scan-step.webp) ![The invite code field with six characters typed and the family's name confirmed under it.](https://camibaby.com/help/join-a-family/code-entry.webp) ## Join with a link If someone sent you the invite as a link, open it on your iPhone. It looks like `camibaby.com/invite/` followed by six characters. - **Cami is installed:** Cami opens with the family’s name. Tap the button that names the family, for example **Join Rivera**. - **Cami is not installed yet:** the link opens a page with a button to get Cami. After you install it, open the same link again. Cami fills in the code for you. You can also scan the QR code with the iPhone Camera app. It opens the same invite. ## Join a second family You can be in more than one family, for example your own and your sister’s. Joining does not take you out of the family you are in. 1. Open **More** , **Your Family**. 2. Tap **Switch family** at the bottom, then **Join a Family**. 3. Tap **Scan Invite Code** and scan their QR code, then tap the button that names the family, for example **Join Rivera**. To type the code instead, tap **Enter the code manually**, then **Join Family**. In Cami 1.2: open More › Manage Family and tap Join Another Family. Cami switches to the family you joined. To go back, tap your child’s name at the top of **Home** and pick a child from the other family, or open **More** , **Your Family** , **Switch family**. ## What happens to what you already logged Nothing moves and nothing is deleted. Each family keeps its own log: - Your own family, and everything in it, stays as it is. You are now in both. - The family you join shows its own history, not yours. If you started logging your child on your own before your partner invited you, you can bring that history into the shared family. In the family you joined, open **More** , **Settings** , **Import & Export**, tap your child, then **Import Data** , **Import from Cami**. The steps on that screen explain how to export the file from your first family. Entries that are already in the log are not added twice. ## Troubleshooting ### It says the code is wrong, or the invites are off See [My invite code or link doesn’t work](https://camibaby.com/help/invite-code-not-working). ### The camera doesn't open Cami needs camera access to scan. Open the iOS **Settings** app, tap **Apps**, then **Cami**, and turn on **Camera**. Or type the code instead. ### It says I'm already in this family You joined before. Open Cami and pick the family’s child from the menu at the top of **Home**. ## Related articles - [Invite your partner, a grandparent or a nanny](https://camibaby.com/help/invite-family): Open More, tap Invite, and send the link or let them scan the QR code. They join your family and see everything you have logged. - [My invite code or link doesn't work](https://camibaby.com/help/invite-code-not-working): Check the six characters against the invite, then ask the family for a fresh code: the owner may have made a new link or turned invites off. - [Members, roles and the family owner](https://camibaby.com/help/members-roles-owner): Everyone in the family sees and logs everything. A role only changes how nursing reads. The owner alone can remove people or delete the family. ## Still need help? Write to us and a person reads it, usually within a day. From the app, Get Help attaches the details that help us fix it, and our reply shows in Cami. In Cami: **More › Help Center › Get Help** [Email us](mailto:hello@camibaby.com) · [Report a mistake on this page](mailto:hello@camibaby.com?subject=Report%20a%20mistake%20on%20this%20page%3A%20%2Fhelp%2Fjoin-a-family)