What settings should I use for outdoor newborn photography?

Slowly dabbling in all types of photography--
I plan on doing newborn photography outdoors soon (Nikon d3000) around 6-7pm so I can use natural lighting. I'm just curious as to what settings work the best to get a crisp photo that isn't too light or too dark.

Added (1). I have basic lenses and 55-300mm. I'm "new" to photography in some ways--still learning (obviously lol) But am helping friends and family with photos.

I would shoot in the shade so the baby isn't squinting, and use an open aperture to soften the background. That way you can still use a fairly fast shutter speed to capture those fleeting baby expressions.

If you have an external flash like an SB-200 and a diffuser, use it and set down -1/3 or -2/3 power to provide some nice fill light.

Use a tripod and adjust it low if possible.

But I'm assuming you just have the camera and the 18-55mm kit lens. If so:

Use the popup flash but place a few layers of tissue in front of the flash bulb to diffuse the light. Set the flash power to down 1/3 or 2/3.

Put the camera on manual and set the lens to 50mm. Your f-stop should adjust to 5.6 which is fine. Try shutter speeds of 1/125, 1/160.

Set your ISO to 400

The D3000 doesn't handle noise well so try not to use ISO 800 or above.

Stand about 6 or more feet away.

Also, if you plan to print out 8x10 prints, about 10% portion will get cropped off. So for those pictures try not to fill the frame entirely.

When you view the picture on the camera, press the paddle up to view the histogram. If the data is centered nicely, the picture should be properly exposed.

Use the 18-55mm, shoot earlier for more light and set camera to Auto mode, Auto ISO, Auto white balance and EV to 0. Set flash to off. Stay as close as possible to the baby.

Wide aperture, low iso, shutter speed depends on light