First Down Syndrome Baby Chosen As 'Gerber' Baby

By christinelai on 09 Jun 2018

Babies are little bursts of sunshine all around. Who doesn't like a cute baby?? The mother of Lucas Warren decided to give it a go and hashtag it anyway, and out of more than 140,000 entries, little Lucas was chosen as the new Gerber baby! So all you mothers out there, hashtag it anway and give your baby a chance to win something big or small.

Those iconic Gerber smiles ?The original Gerber baby, Ann Turner Cook, meets our Spokesbaby Lucas ??? #HistoryMade #AnythingForBaby

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The first Gerber baby, Ann Turner Cook, 91, meets the first down syndrome Gerber Baby, Lucas Warren, 2 years old.

"Lucas walked right up to her, flashing his signature smile and waving, and we could tell he loved her right away," the Warrens spoke to ABC News. "He even grabbed two cookies and offered her one, which she accepted! Ann Turner Cook is truly a wonderful woman and pleasure to be around, and we couldn't be more grateful that she took the time to meet with our family."

This just in: Lucas our Spokesbaby agrees! Puffs with 2 grams of whole grains is something to celebrate ???

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Oh how we adore Luca's bright smile and chirpy chirpy claps!

This Mother’s Day we celebrate Cortney and all moms because they do #AnythingForBaby.

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It was an adventure full of joy for Cortney, Lucas's mom and #AnythingForBaby. We know it's never easy and to her, "because it's just so amazing." We are inspired. Everyone is prepared for motherhood but to be a mother of a special child with talents and gifts that are in different areas make it extra challenging and we acknowledged that and we say, "You go girl! Thank you for loving your special child!"

His smile brings us so much happiness! Let’s all share happiness like Lucas today on #InternationalDayofHappiness ?

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His bright smile blessed our heart.

This is the old Gerber baby from 1928, where Gerber held a contest to find a face for their new advertising campaign

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Now we know who this bright-eyed baby is! But it wasn't all butterflies and fame for this Gerber baby.

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In an interview with Huffington Post, she says “I taught high school English and was teaching a ninth-grade class, and they learned from the newspaper story that I was the Gerber baby. These immature students thought this was hilarious,” Cook added, “They made my life miserable about it!”

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So instead, she strategised, "I would start the school year, I'd answer any questions that they had." She added on, "Then I would say, 'Well, that's all we're going to talk about that this year."

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