she's only 1 - and only has the pacifier at nap time so I wouldn't worry about it too much yet.  It's not unusual for them to keep wanting the pacifier at sleep time until they're 2 - though I do not like to see kids walking around in the stores at age 3 & 4 with one stuck in their mouth!  I'd let her keep it awhile longer, then when she's older you can start talking to her about how pacifiers are for babies (works well when she sees a small baby with one, so you can then point out how they are just for babies and now she's big she doesn't need it)  It helps when the time comes, if you can get her to toss in in the garbage herself, then she'll be more aware that it's gone.

My son got rid of his pacifier on his own but i think personally it will be just like when I stopped breat feeding.  I got him to the point where he only breast fed for naps and bed then I stopped it all together.  The first night was hard and he only slept for 2 hours but he never touched it again.  I think if it isn't there they will get over it.  It is really hard and it broke my heart to see him upset about it but he got over it and so did I. 

I am in this boat too. Aiden is almost a year and I want to get rid of it altogether. I haven't started that yet...but someone told me that if you cut the tip of the rubber then it loses its suction and they don't want it anymore. I haven't tried it yet...but I think I will soon. Hope that helps!

I don't think letting her have a dummy for bed time only is such a bad thing.  A lot of my old clients (was a Nanny) did this and all the children weened themselves off by the time they went topp Kindergaten (pre-school), because in their own minds they were big kids by then.  IIf her having the dummy (pacifier) means everyone gets a hassel free, solid & good nights sleep, stick to it.  My philosphy is, take the path of least resistance and enjoy your life with your children, as long as this habit isn't hurting or effecting anyone else, it's not a problem & you'll be puting everyone in your home through a hard time, for not a very good reason.in y opinion.

Hi, I had to break the habit with my son also.  It seemed like it was going to be harder than it was.  But he was 5 months at the time,  he only had it at night but it would fall out after he fell asleep and he'd wake up and we'd have to go put it back in.  this began happening every 20 minutes - all night long.  It was so bad that we just stopped cold turkey.  It is tough to hear them cry so hard, but as long as you can rule out any other issue like hunger, or pain etc... it will make it easier to handle the crying.  He would cry for up to 45 minutes but he olnly did that for a few nights.  We thought it would be harder.  I'm not sure what it would be like for a one year old, they might put up a bit more of a fight.  Your little one is still too young to "reason with".  I will say that if you decide you are really ready to stop cold turkey, just be prepared to stick with it and not give in otherwise all your hard work will have been in vain.  You never know, the end of the crying could be just moments away.  I hope you find something that works for you.