Proud parents and doting grandmas and grandpas throughout Comet Country have been waiting with bated breath for this announcement.Because now is the time when we announce the winner of our hotly contested Baby of the Year competition.

Proud parents and doting grandmas and grandpas throughout Comet Country have been waiting with bated breath for this announcement.

Because now is the time when we announce the winner of our hotly contested Baby of the Year competition.

We had more than 350 entries this year across four categories, but there could only be one overall winner.

Baby 283 - Rajah Thai Singh Rajat - was the baby which polled the most votes overall.

The winner in the 0 - 9 months category was Lexi Ann Marcel (baby 89) - the only female winner in our entire competition, so well done Lexi!

Daniel Green (baby 216) is the winner in the 10 - 18 month category.

And the top tot in the 19 - 36 month catagory was baby 315 - James Devine-Shaw.

Lastly but by no means least, Josh Martin (baby 334) was the winner in the 3 - 5-years-old category.

All of our winners get a canvas portrait of their competition winning pictures, so well done to everyone!