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[quote=Anonymous]We were in a similar situation - our son was a little more than 2 and used the pacifier only for sleeping at night, not for naps at daycare, so we knew he could sleep without it. We talked a little about how he wouldn't have it forever and would have to say goodbye to it eventually. When he talked about really wanting a particular truck, we said that he could trade it for his pacifier/get it when he said goodbye to his pacifier. After we had the truck in the house, we asked him a few times if he wanted to, then one night he told us at bedtime that he didn't want the pacifier and wanted the truck. So he went to sleep without it (took longer than usual) and in the morning, we made a big deal of giving him the truck and he put the pacifier in the box that the truck came in. He asked for it during that first night, around 5 am, but I didn't give it to him because he had made it through the hardest part without it. He asked for it a few more times, either at bedtime or during the night, but we could soothe him without it and didn't want to backslide - a clean break seemed to be the best. After maybe three weeks he didn't mention it at all.

Good luck - I would try not to give it back even though it's tempting. Also, giving him something in exchange might be a nice bonus for him and also might make you feel better about taking the pacifier away (at least it did for me).
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