Corrected age for a baby born 11 weeks early (29 weeks)
A baby born 11 weeks early (at 29 weeks) has a corrected age eleven weeks, about 2.5 months, below the calendar age. The AAP advises comparing development by corrected age for the first 2 years, so the 12-month CDC checklist applies from about 14.5 months, twelve months and eleven weeks after birth.
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Corrected age for a baby born 11 weeks early
Weeks early = 40 minus the weeks of pregnancy at birth. Everything is calculated in this browser; nothing is sent or saved.
Example: a child born April 15, 2025, checked on October 15, 2026 (18 months old). Enter your child's birth date.
- Corrected age
- 15 months 14 days
- about 15½ months, counted from the due date, July 1, 2025
- Chronological age
- 18 months
- about 18 months, counted from the birth date
- Stop correcting on
- April 15, 2027
- the second birthday (24 months chronological)
Born 11 weeks early means born at about 29 weeks of pregnancy, so the corrected age runs 11 weeks (about 2½ months) behind the age since birth. Until April 15, 2027, compare skills with the corrected age: between two checklist ages CDC says to use the earlier one, which is the 15-month checklist here.
When each CDC checklist applies for this child
Born 11 weeks early at a glance
| Born at | 29 weeks of pregnancy |
|---|---|
| Weeks early | 11 weeks = 77 days ≈ 2.5 months |
| 12-month checklist | from 14.5 months after birth |
| Correction stops | 24 months (corrected then: 21 mo 2 wk) |
Corrected age by month, born 11 weeks early
Age since birth minus eleven weeks, in 30.4-day months; a dash means an earlier CDC checklist. The checklist changes in month fifteen, eighteen and twenty-one, then at twenty-four.
| Age since birth (months) | Corrected age (mo, wk) | CDC checklist (months) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | due in 7 wk | – |
| 2 | due in 2 wk | – |
| 3 | 2 wk | – |
| 4 | 6 wk | – |
| 5 | 11 wk | – |
| 6 | 3 mo 2 wk | – |
| 7 | 4 mo 2 wk | – |
| 8 | 5 mo 2 wk | – |
| 9 | 6 mo 2 wk | – |
| 10 | 7 mo 2 wk | – |
| 11 | 8 mo 2 wk | – |
| 12 | 9 mo 2 wk | – |
| 13 | 10 mo 2 wk | – |
| 14 | 11 mo 2 wk | – |
| 15 | 12 mo 2 wk | 12 |
| 16 | 13 mo 2 wk | 12 |
| 17 | 14 mo 2 wk | 12 |
| 18 | 15 mo 2 wk | 15 |
| 19 | 16 mo 2 wk | 15 |
| 20 | 17 mo 2 wk | 15 |
| 21 | 18 mo 2 wk | 18 |
| 22 | 19 mo 2 wk | 18 |
| 23 | 20 mo 2 wk | 18 |
| 24 | stop correcting | 24 |
When each CDC checklist applies, born 11 weeks early
Each corrected-age checklist starts eleven weeks after its plain age; from the second birthday, calendar age. Dates: the example baby below (born 1 December 2024, due 16 February 2025).
| CDC checklist | Compare from (age since birth) | Example baby: in use |
|---|---|---|
| 12-month | 12 months + 11 weeks (about 14.5 months) | 16 February 2026 to 15 May 2026 |
| 15-month | 15 months + 11 weeks (about 17.5 months) | 16 May 2026 to 15 August 2026 |
| 18-month | 18 months + 11 weeks (about 20.5 months) | 16 August 2026 to 30 November 2026 |
| 24-month | 24 months: correction stops | 1 December 2026 to 31 May 2027 |
| 30-month | 30 months (calendar age) | 1 June 2027 to 30 November 2027 |
| 36-month | 36 months (calendar age) | from 1 December 2027 |
Worked example: a baby born 11 weeks early
A made-up baby, born on 1 December 2024, eleven weeks early, with exact calendar dates.
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Find the due date
1 December 2024 plus eleven weeks (seventy-seven days) is 16 February 2025.
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Age since birth
On 1 June 2026 the baby is exactly eighteen months old by the calendar.
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Corrected age
From 16 February 2025 to 1 June 2026 is fifteen months and sixteen days: the corrected age.
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Pick the checklist
Fifteen months and sixteen days is between 15 and 18 months: use the 15-month CDC checklist (the earlier one, as CDC advises) until the 18-month checklist on 16 August 2026.
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Stop correcting
1 December 2026 is the second birthday (corrected: twenty-one months and fifteen days); from then on, calendar age only.
Before the due date: the first two months
For the first eleven weeks after birth the baby has not reached the due date, so the corrected age is below zero ("due in" in the table) for the first two monthly rows. Corrected-age milestones start to mean something once the due date has passed.
The eleven-week gap matters most early on: at six months it is forty-two percent of the baby's age, at twelve months twenty-one percent, and at twenty-three months only eleven percent. Hence correction for the first two years only.
Corrected age at the AAP screening visits, 11 weeks early
The AAP recommends developmental screening at 9, 18 and 30 months and autism screening at 18 and 24 months. Ask your pediatrician which age they use; by corrected age:
- 9 months (1 September 2025 for the example baby): about six months and two weeks corrected, so an earlier CDC checklist (before 12 months).
- 18 months (1 June 2026): about fifteen months and two weeks corrected, matching the 15-month checklist.
- 24 months (1 December 2026): correction stops, so the 24-month checklist by calendar age.
- 30 months (1 June 2027): no correction; the 30-month checklist.
When to stop correcting for 11 weeks early
The AAP advises corrected age for the first 2 years, so for a baby born eleven weeks early correction stops at 24 months chronological, when the corrected age is about twenty-one months and two weeks; the comparison then jumps to the 24-month checklist.
So the 18-month list is used for about 3.5 months (from eighteen months and eleven weeks to the second birthday), not six.
Corrected age and real concerns
Being born eleven weeks early is a reason to compare by corrected age, never a reason to wait on a worry: talk to your pediatrician if your baby loses a skill, misses milestones for their corrected age (at eighteen months by the calendar that means the 15-month checklist) or anything else concerns you. Many babies born early catch up by about age 2 (AAP). In the U.S. you can contact your state's Early Intervention program for children under 3 yourself; no doctor's referral is needed.
Frequently asked questions
How do you calculate corrected age for a baby born 11 weeks early?
Subtract eleven weeks (or count from the due date). At six months: about three months and two weeks corrected; at twelve months: nine months and two weeks; at eighteen: fifteen months and two weeks.
When does a baby born 11 weeks early reach the 12-month milestones?
From twelve months and eleven weeks after birth (about 14.5 months); then the 15-month checklist at about 17.5 months and the 18-month one at about 20.5 months.
When do you stop using corrected age for 11 weeks early?
At 24 months chronological (AAP: first two years). On the second birthday the corrected age is about twenty-one months and two weeks; from then on, calendar age and the 24-month checklist.
What is 11 weeks early in weeks of pregnancy?
A baby born eleven weeks before a forty-week due date is born at twenty-nine weeks of pregnancy. The gap of seventy-seven days, about 2.5 months, is what corrected age subtracts.
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