Anyone else still rent in an apartment situation? I'm panicking about baby proofing when bub is mobile

Husband and I rent a 1,000 sq.foot 2 bd 2 bath apartment. Both of us WFH full time so both bedrooms are home offices and we sleep out in what should be the living room. We do not even have a couch or a dining room table as neither would fit in the space. We walk up a couple flights of stairs to get to our place. I feel like we still live in a college dorm in our 30s.

This was not ideal when we did not have a baby. But now that LO is here and three months old, I'm panicking about making our situation work. He's been sleeping in my office at night and we have various playmats so we can move him around the apartment during the day. We have a lot of tech and computers around with A LOT of cords and wires easily in reach of a mobile baby (software engineer husband is into creating these complex setups). If baby had his own bedroom, it would be way easier to ensure he does not get into the offices.

Our lease is up in August and I am really pressing the issue we need to move into a three bedroom townhome closer to family (We live about 40 minutes away now). Also with a nanny or babysitter coming in after my husband goes back to work in June, it would be way too cramped with us both working and the nanny right outside our doors with not even a couch to sit on.

My husband allegedly needs to get approval from his job before we take any action on moving. My husband says we can "make it work" for another year if we have to, but it sends me spiralling when he says that. It is getting difficult to carry baby up and down two flights of stairs and our neighbors in the shared hallway have two massive German shepherds I am afraid of encountering with our infant.

I'm frankly embarrassed by our living situation and don't really want others over as we don't really have the space to host anyway and nobody has anywhere to even sit aside from some bar stools and our bed.

We make a great household income but can't afford to buy a home right now, only pay out expensive rent in these "luxury" apartments that were really built for young professionals without kids and retired people looking to downsize. Cheaper options in our area are either run down with red flags (and the same size anyway) or in a bad neighborhood.