Night light - breastfeeding

I’m looking for recommendations on a night light, more for me when the baby arrives and we have night feeds/changes.

Something that isn’t too bright but bright enough to see my way through a nappy change

Thank you

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We bought a turtle wall lamp from ikea kids section, was £10/15, its fab x

I love my nodiee one. Easy to customise the lighting and sounds. You can even program it for different times of the day

We have a nanit sound and light that can be different colors and brightness level. And we also have a smart light we control via Alexa to turn it red at night. Red seems to be a dark enough calm like he doesn't wake up or seem bothered by it, but it's bright enough I can feed him and then pump after and be able to see.

Casper plug-ins have option for continuous light or motion activated. The motion side either gently brightness for visibility or quicker, but never a gross amount of light. I use this currently in lieu of bathroom light during the multiple nighttime pee breaks

I got this one, it has different brightness settings, red light and its also white noise if you want that too. Im still using it at 18 months

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B098XX32MB?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

I brought 2 lights - I have the Tommee Tippee GroEgg2 light. This is good for knowing the temperature of the room as it displays the temp and the light colour changes accordingly when plugged in and on.
2nd more practical light for feeds and changing is one from Amazon: Jolywell night light for kids, baby night light. Has multiple colours, usb charged and portable, has a white light that you can just tap and hold to dim or make brighter

I’ve got this one and it’s worked really well. It has different color settings and is dimmable.

https://a.co/d/06aqMA3f

https://amzn.eu/d/01vgsD8U

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