Settings for d5100 to take newborn photos that look professional?

I have a Nikon d5100 and I just had a baby a week ago what I'm wondering… Anyone with a 5100 know settings I can use to photograph my babygirl and it look professional? My camera takes great pictures but they are missing something that gives them that professional look.a lady at the hospital took some photos of her and they looked great her camera was not near a good as mine but yet her photos turned out better and I took the exact same shots as she did. I'm trying to narrow it down if it's my camera settings or maybe lighting… I can't really afford to have my daughters pictures made at the moment so I was wanting to take some that looked "professional" but i'm just not satisfied with the results I'm getting. If anyone uses the same camera could give me tips on some settings I could try out. I would appreciate it! Usually I use auto mode in outside lighting and it works ok but inside I don't get very good shots.

Added (1). Thanks.obviously I know I need to learn my camera but I just got it and just had her so I was thinking if I just had a basic setting example I could go from there.I'm not really the type of person who can just read something and know what they are talking about but if someone were to teach me or show me so to speak then I can do it. And with a toddler and newborn there isn't much time for me to sit down and read and well when there will be time. She won't be a newborn any more… I don't have anyone around who knows anything about photography that is why I asked on here.

If it's possible, bring the baby out during sunrise. Position baby's side towards the sun making sure her eyes don't look at the sun. Shoot from an angle where you don't block the sun. You do realize this is a two-person job, one to hold the baby and one to hold the camera.

Set the camera to lowest ISO, AF on, Auto white balance, EV to 0 (zero) and lowest f/number. Try some sample shots. If the pictures come out too bright, lower EV to the minus side a bit. If too dark, raise EV a bit. Continue shooting and adjusting until you see what you like. Move fast. Sun rises in just 5 minutes or so. Move to the shade when it becomes too hot. Make sure sunlight bounces on something else before it hits baby. Stop shooting an hour after sunrise, move indoors. Continue shooting beside a window where sunlight is diffused by a curtain or again, bounces off the wall before hitting baby. Always make sure no direct (or strong) sunlight gets into her eyes.

Basically fully automatic. Don't put the baby in the dead center of the frame for all the photos. You don't think about it or notice it, but off center subjects tend to be more appealing to the eye. When you're watching TV, pay attention to how they put the subject on the left or right side of the frame. Which ever way the subject is facing is the part of the fame you want to have the most space. Example: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/70940055
Notice how the tree is off center. Now see this photo: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/70940158
It terms of framing, not image quality, which seems better? (The off center one was taken from the backseat of a moving car, so it's not my best picture). Try using fully automatic and off centering the photo.

The thing your photos are missing is something called skill. There's no setting for that.