Turn Off Lights When Nursing

In Apple's Shortcuts app, create a new shortcut that controls your lights (dim, scene, or off). Add Amme as the trigger using the Shortcuts share sheet, then run the shortcut from Amme when you start a nursing session. Once it's saved, every session triggers the same scene — no tapping past the lock screen, no fumbling for a switch.

Yes — set up a second shortcut for when you stop the timer. Most parents use it to restore the previous scene, raise brightness slowly, or leave a small hall light on so you can navigate back to bed.

Yes. Any smart lights that show up in Apple's Home app or have an iOS Shortcuts action work with Amme — HomeKit, Philips Hue, LIFX, Nanoleaf, Lutron, and most others. You don't need to switch ecosystems.

Smart bulbs make the lighting itself automatic, but even without them, you can trigger Do Not Disturb, a Focus mode, a white-noise playlist, or a calmer screen brightness — all from the same shortcut. Many parents start with one smart bulb on the nursing-chair lamp.

Anything iOS Shortcuts can do: enable Do Not Disturb or a Sleep Focus, start a white-noise app or playlist, lower the thermostat, close smart blinds, send a partner a quiet "feed started" message, or open a long-form video to watch one-handed. You can stack actions in a single shortcut.

No. Shortcuts is drag-and-drop, and the lighting actions are pre-built — pick a light or scene, choose dim or off, save. Most parents set up the first one in a few minutes, then tweak it after the first night feed.

No. Shortcuts only run when triggered, and a lighting action takes a fraction of a second. You won't notice it on overnight battery.

Yes. Add a time condition to the shortcut — for example, dim to 5% between 10pm and 6am, do nothing during the day, or run a softer warm-white scene in the evening. The same shortcut handles all of it.