My thank you letter tells me we qualified for the child tax credit, however the 1040 form has "credit for other dependent" why are they different?

[pennebakerr]

Baby was born summer of 2019

[VolvoGirl]

Did you put down the baby lived with you the whole year?  

A child born (even on Dec 31) is considered to live with you the whole year.  So pick the Whole Year at the top of the drop down box.

[pennebakerr]

I discovered this is my issue, when asked how many months they lived with me, I input how many months they have been alive... there wasnt much direction on if they were born this year.  So.... now i think since my return has been accepted, i need to amend the return, which would eventually give me a larger return..... 

[DoninGA]