It's a plug in. Think it works just like a lamp. It's a lot dimmer than a lamp. But like you said I found a lamp way too bright. I can see in the dark pretty well so this was enough for me. To change a nappy & do a feed without making the room too bright.

Does the gro-egg light stay on? Because Any noise i hear her making i jump up and check she's okay, so kinda need a light on all the time rather than just for feeds if you get what I mean @sara-lou x

How about one of those gro-eggs? It's a room thermometer & night light. I had one with my eldest son. Stopped using it once he went in his own room as his Tommee Tippee baby monitor had a built in night light I could turn on so I used that. Now I just use the street light that's outside our house! 😂

We used a touch lamp with both babies. Usually come with 3 settings so can have dim , bright and in between, all at a touch- no fumbling for a switch, Google - "touch lamp"@kim.m. @h04

if u come across a good one let me know xx

I'm in the same boat as you. I'm looking for a good night light for the night feeds when my son is born. I've searched Amazon but I'm not sure where to start xxx

Just get a bulb that is not so bright