Editing Help Please

[NicholsonPhotography]

I need editing help and C&C on these...

1--Just C&C and let me know if it needs anything. Why does increasing the contrast also increase the noise?

2--This one is way too fuzzy...The child was acting like a monkey and just moving around like crazy, but the mom wants a 5x7...I posted before & after of my own editing...Help!

3--I'm worried about this one...Mom wants a 10x13...I can't get the lighting and color balance right.

Thanks in advance!

1...

2 (before editing)...

2 (after my editing)...

3...

This is a link to the images in full resolution...
www.AshleyNicholson.com/sam.htm

 

[Flash Harry]

They are all underexposed, which is your main problem with noise, fuzziness is due to your slow shutter speeds used in conjunction with, I suspect, continuous lighting, use flash. H