Our Story

Hey there, we're Brodie and Phil! We are the founders of Tapeher (and Tapehim for guys), and as parents to 4 boys who spent far too much time tired, we are SO EXCITED to share our journey with you because it's what led us to create Tapeher.

For far too long on our parenting journey, we just assumed being constantly exhausted and grumpy was part of the parenting deal. We thought there was nothing you could do. However, about a year ago, we hit a breaking point and decided to take some desperate action. We first invested in a device to track our sleep (the Whoop band) and then vowed to vigorously test anything and everything that was even mentioned in the same sentence as a better nighttime routine.

We tried supplements, cooling mattresses, and even tried sleeping upside down (don't ask why, but we tried). We were desperate for a change, and we'd do anything. Over the course of our journey, a few things made small differences to our routine, which honestly we were stoked about.

However, in one last desperate attempt we reluctantly and very skeptically gave mouth taping a go after hearing about it on a podcast. Honestly, we were VERY skeptical as this seemed like the most extreme measure to date and honestly very intimidating. Brodie was a HARD NO for this, but eventually we decided to go for it as we had nothing to lose.

Long story short, we gave it a try, and we've been hooked ever since!

As we became religious with our bedtime routine and mouth taping, we began to find various things we didn't like about the tapes we were trying. Firstly, Brodie has very sensitive skin, and covering her entire face was not enjoyable. Secondly, other tapes would fall off with even the slightest movement. This was especially true for Brodie because she puts on lip moisturizer at night, and in turn, her tape would fall off. Finally, many were extremely poor quality.

That's when the lightbulb moment happened. Brodie made it her mission to design a high quality, low coverage, soft and comfortable mouth tape that looks inviting. After testing 100's of different shapes, sizes, and materials, the perfect mouth tape was eventually born and is now known as Tapeher (and Tapehim for the guys). We want everyone to be able to try it for themselves.

So here we are, on a mission to make your nighttime routine a little more comfortable. Welcome to the Tapeher family!