You do know bedside lamps exist, right?

Lightbulb after lightbulb going off in this thread :)

As the person who posted about the option to lock selected apps - notes and voice recorder can be easily excluded from that set.

My wife doesn’t quite appreciate that in the middle of the night

Welp, only one thing to do then! Time to go wife shopping.

Yeah, I've rarely seen a bedroom without them. Candles or a flashlight would work great too. This is a long solved problem.