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4K or not-4K is an interesting Q.
((Yr budget is on the cusp of good-enough))
Since 1080 camcorders will have a longer zoom, almost any good make Pana/Sony/Canon will produce excellent results in careful hands. The offer appears to be an easy fix for yr budget.
However, I'm surprised you complain about low-light as most Pana-specs appear excellent, whereas I know my Sony CX410 ( 1080, 55x Zoom), often needs extra lighting. However, with modern LED lights running almost cold, there should be no problem lighting a large area which the infant is constrained. Restrict filming to about one activity-hour and you'll have plenty of footage.
4K does take up "more space" - but as HDDs are relatively cheap ( eg 4Tb about £110 ), they can keep a copy of the first few months, with Birthdays, Etc. and that drive should cover several years. Another drive in a few years can "Copy" so mechanical failure is unlikely to destroy those memories. Of course, the drive needs to be protected against excess ambients and kept out of sight against thieves. For safe-keeping it should be not connected to a PC - ie an external USB.
For domestic viewing 1080 is acceptable and perfectly sharp - the issue is as TV screens get larger you'll need "more pixels" - 4K is future-proofing, although present Zooms are restricted the optical quality should be better than a 1080 zoom.
Make use of "Smile-Shutter" and Face-focus features as infants can move rather more quickly than a camera-operator make adjustments. Consumer camcorders are way ahead of "Pro-Gear" in this respect.
"Low-light" spec is always an issue, since folks don't like "video noise" - but equally don't like to spend more on the sensor/lens combo. It's just far easier to accept this and either practice outdoors... or fit some brighter lights for any footage to be archived.
Recently I bough 4x "100W" switchable LED lights 6500K. - These are normal-sized bayonet-cap mains bulbs with a difference... switch it on it's 100w equivalent ( using ~15w ), switch it off-on and it's 50W, switch it off-on it's 25W - as yet not fitted to my porch..... so it's 100w for visitors, or 25w if I'm out. They requires no new switch-wiring but are about £22 each pack of four....
Will you be editing this footage? - that will(should) cut out most of the excess . . . but it is a skill that takes time to learn...so keep all the clips until it's Edited and Approved - In 10-years' time you may regret not having 4K originals.... as you know it's possible to down-scale - but like up-scaling it's somehow never quite as good.
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2-12-2019 02:14:56
) I have used my 750 in dark or near dark conditions. It picks up the detail which may not be seen in the raw footage but will be clearly visible when helped in my video editor.