My son was completely addicted to his pacifier(s). He didn't just want one but 3. He had one in his mouth and then one in each hand. He named them Binky, Binky 2 and Binky 3. I was terrified when it came time to break the habit. I got some advise from my Pediatrician. He advised me to snip the ends off of the pacifier. I wasn't taking away his security, but the hole would prevent a suction and he wouldn't want them any more. I planned a weekend when my husband and girls would be out of town. I snipped the ends off of ALL of his Binkies (crying the whole time). I probably kept about 20+ around the house. When I put him to bed, I handed him his 3 snipped Binkies and he looked at them. He handed them back and said "Here, these are broken". I explained that I was so sorry they were broken but that is all we had. He threw them across the room and immediately wanted to go look at the jar of Binkies that we kept. I carried him to the jar and showed him that all of them were broken. That's when he got upset. He cried for about an hour. I kept consoling him. He eventually went to sleep. The next night, with Binkies still on his bedroom floor, I went to put him to bed and he made the comment that his Binkies were still broken. I loved on him and said "I know. I'm so sorry". Every night got a little easier for him, but he never cried after that first night. Eventually, I picked the Binkies up off the floor and threw them away. (I saved the snips for his baby book). It was much easier than I ever dreamed.

I asked my kids if they were ready to throw away their pacifiers,and they said no.Then i told them that a fairy asked me to ask them if they could give their pacifiers to some poor babies who didnt have any and she would give them a reward for being so nice.Then when they went to bed i told them to put their pacifiers under their pillow and that tomorrow morning when they wake up the pacifiers wouldnt be there anymore but they would have a surprise under there instead.When they fell asleep i took all(9) of the pacifiers and put a suprise bag full of things that they had been asking for for a long time.They were so happy when they woke up and proud of them selves.One of them did cry a little bit in the day and cryed a lot in the evening but the next day she decided it was ok and delt with it.After a few days they just forgot about them and could leave without them.It really worked well for me.You can try it,i hope it works for you. Jenn