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Stefanie Huber created Tucked + Covered to help parents and kids sleep better PHOTOS BY LUIS CHAVEZ
Playa Vista resident Stefanie Huber is the founder of Tucked + Covered, a patented bed sheet system that keeps kids covered at night to promote better sleep. PAGE 8 THE ARGONAUT OCTOBER 14, 2021
By Kamala Kirk ired of being sleep-deprived when her 4-yearold son was waking up in the middle of every night, Stefanie Huber came to the realization that his kicked-off sheets were the reason behind his frequent awakenings. When Huber tested the theory by fasting the bed covers together so that the sheets were steady, her son began sleeping through the night with no issue. Ultimately, this sparked a business idea that would help other parents and their children experiencing the same issue. “My son had just transitioned to his big boy bed and he was waking up every night,” Huber says. “I didn’t understand why he was waking up at first, but then I saw that he was kicking off his sheets and couldn’t cover himself, so he was coming to me because he didn’t know what else to do. When I tried fastening the covers together he slept through the night, and I realized that a lot of other families could benefit from this solution as well.” Huber eventually founded Tucked + Covered, a patented bed sheet system that keeps kids covered at night to promote better sleep for the entire family. “Having an idea with no business experience has taken me several years to manifest my product for the market,” Huber says. “But I am happy to say it’s here to share with other families suffering from nighttime wake-up calls. Or even families who would like their child’s best to stay neat night and day without the laborious chore of bedmaking.” The sheet set is made from 100% cotton that is extremely comfortable, easy-to-secure elastic and oversized durable buttons to keep everything in place and eliminate the need for bed making. “What’s really great about the design are the buttons,” Huber points out. “They’re not locked to the bed, they stretch and the sheet moves with them so they don’t have to adapt to the sheet. Kids can smooth and straighten their beds since the buttons keep the sheets on the mattress where they belong and that’s one less
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