I like your second versions SOOO much more than the first. Still all white and creamy and "washed out" but--imo--they were TOO washed out in the first version. Jac526 may have jokingly asked where the baby was, but honestly, I have some vision problems and in some of them I really couldn't tell where the baby's outfit ended and the background began. In the second set, I can clearly see the adorable baby and the really good posing.
Also, just FYI. You mentioned you didn't want C&C, just wanted to "showcase" what you were doing. Here at TPF, we pretty much C&C *everything* unless you post in the "Just for Fun" section. All the other galleries are open to C&C. If you state clearly upfront that you aren't interested in C&C it may lessen--but not eliminate--the critiques. But it may also lessen the number of people who bother to comment.