May I suggest that you forgo the entire peninsula. Consider the amount of steps and collisions you need to take if you have to quickly attend to the baby. Bring the short wall cabinetry to the end of the wall. Then angle the island and create an integrated table/banquette area on the other side somewhat like these:

As a bonus to this arrangement you can sit and have coffee while comfortably watching the child or TV.

The kitchen isn't large enough to conform to all your kosher requirements and still have a table and chairs. It's not an "eat in" unless you use the island with stools.

Lucidos, thank you. That is an interesting arrangement that we had not considered. One of the reasons we wanted the peninsula so there would be a barrier that we could then out a baby gate on to keep the little guy out of the kitchen but my wife could still keep an eye on him while cooking. I guess with the concept you suggest the same would be accomplished with two baby gates at either sides of the aisle. I will definitely play with this idea. thank you.

Jan, thank you. Do you think that making the Island shallower would open it up enough to be comfortable?

It looks like you shoved a table in the corner. If you can open that wall up, it might give you what you want.

Making the island shallower is a recipe for a trip to the burn ward. I'd do everything possible to get that cooktops off of the island. Then You'd have room for a table there. The refrigerator is in the worst possible location. You should never interrupt a counter run with a tall object. It belongs on the perimeter. Put the range there.

Thank you Sophie. Do you recommend moving the double oven from that location as well?

If you need Kosher, a single wall oven (not a double) under the counter on each side of the cooktops (on the perimeter) makes much more sense.

You could get rid of the problematic table and chairs and have a raised counter with stools. We have this set up and love it. I have served up many mac and cheese pb&js, and pancakes to my son and his friends over the years with this set up. It also works great when entertaining.

If you eliminate the island, you can still get that storage by extending the counter on the left into the corner. The fridge is breaking up the counter and I would build in where the table is, which will also balance that side of the room vs the pantry on other side. Place cooktop where fridge was. Adding a table in the centre will create a much more sociable/practial seating arrangement - people will be drawn to staying in the kitchen vs being over in the corner facing a wall - for the sake of an island. Using a marble topped table could also create adding working surface when needed.

Just an idea, you could convert your table and chair area into a built-in corner banquette. Gives more room for traffic flow since there would be no chairs to pull out.

Thank you everyone for the excellent ideas. Sounds like the consensus is that the setup won't work in its current form. Will post what we end up with. thanks!

So after some tinkering and a bit of professional help this is more or less the design I'm left with. Would love to hear any additional suggestions before we move forward with this. Thanks!

Huge improvement!!! Looks good and will function much better.

much better - love it!