This sure is a sweet looking kid. This is a beautiful capture, communicating deep love, trust and innocence. It is lovely to see all that in a shot.
I'd say the biggest problem the voters had with this shot is the difference between your subjects colour and the back-ground. As is clear from the comment recieved many did not feel you met the challenge. On this site you will be heavily penalised if the voters do not feel you met the challenge. This one point will account for many of the low votes you recieved. If you want to do well the best policy to to make sure that there is no scope for users to decide you haven't met the challenge.
I hope my comments help and Good Luck in future Challenges!
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