{"id":16704,"date":"2018-02-08T10:38:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T15:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/?p=16704"},"modified":"2018-02-08T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T15:38:11","slug":"beautiful-new-gerber-baby-syndrome-meet-lucas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/2018\/02\/beautiful-new-gerber-baby-syndrome-meet-lucas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beautiful New Gerber Baby Has Down Syndrome – Meet Lucas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Drumroll, please\u2026\u00a0 The new Gerber baby is\u00a018-month-old Lucas Warren from Dalton, Georgia.\u00a0 And he just might be the cutest one ever.\u00a0 For the eighth time in a row, the\u00a0iconic baby food brand conducted a Photo Search contest to select the new face of their product.\u00a0 Lucas is the first child with Down syndrome to win the Gerber baby title ever.\u00a0 (And it\u2019s been going on for more than 90 years!)\u00a0 ABC 7 has the details:<\/p>\n

\u201cLucas\u2019 winning smile and joyful expression won our hearts this year, and we are all thrilled to name him our 2018 Spokesbaby,\u201d Bill Partyka, president and CEO of Gerber, said in a statement. \u201cEvery year, we choose the baby who best exemplifies Gerber\u2019s longstanding heritage of recognizing that every baby is a Gerber baby, and this year, Lucas is the perfect fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

His mother, Courtney Warren submitted a photo of Lucas sporting a polka-dot bow tie and his winning smile on Instagram during the 2017 photo search. Lucas was chosen from more than 140,000 contestants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What a cute kid.<\/p>\n

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Meet Lucas, the new Gerber baby! He\u2019s the first child with Down syndrome to be given the title since the contest began more than 90 years ago https:\/\/t.co\/VnZdrxEwnC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rOcDRvLNpF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) February 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n