The American Academy of Pediatrics is making it official: you should keep your child rear-facing until age 2.

As you may remember from 2009, the AAP issued a report advising the 2 year old rule:

Recent data shows why toddlers between ages 12 and 23 months who ride rear-facing in a car safety seat are more than five times safer than those riding forward-facing in a seat.

Previously, the AAP only said babies should be rear-facing to age 1.