Thank you everyone! There have been some really fantastic comments and some really useful information.

Roya - Thank you for your huge post, there's a lot of great info in there that has given us some stuff to think about. I seriously hope I don't have a chucky baby because I have THE biggest spew phobia ever, some mum I'm gonna be! And yes, I have even freaked over regurged breast milk, but admittedly not my own child. I hadn't thought of that though so I will def make sure we have clothes etc.

My husband is English and I have dual citizenship and lived there for several years so at least we know what we're getting into! I think we're planning to just get her Aussie passport and get her UK one when we get there since we'll be living there (yes, one way flights) but obviously I need to make a few phone calls and figure out the logistics of that given that we cant wait any longer to leave (major family reasons) and I will have to go into the UK on my British passport so not through the Aussie line etc.

We'll definitely still do the stopover - if we were doing UK to Australia we wouldn't because we'd be shattered with the jetlag but given its only a couple of hours time difference i think we should be alright, plus DH REALLY needs the downtime before it gets all full on again (long story).

Think my next purchase will be a sling!