Looks like your camera was metering more for the dark background... so was letting more light in than you needed, which is why the sweet little face is blown out.
I'm not sure how to change that in your particular camera. Using a dSLR in maual and the in camera meter, you can fill the frame with the face and get a meter reading and set your setting accordingly, then back up, recompose, but leave the settings how they were (even though the meter will probably show the exposure being off).
Or you can bump up the shutter a stop or two, knowing the in camera meter is probably going to read wrong because of the dark background.
Sorry, I'm not sure that's much help with your particular camera!
Heidi's suggestion to position the baby different so perhaps the harsher light will fall on a different place is also very good!
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