We are still planning to make the move to a pacifier-free toddler this weekend. However, we are going to dinner at a friends' house on Thursday so it won't be until Friday at naptime that the fun will begin. I admit I am getting nervous.
The approach I think we're going to go with is to talk about how she'll not sleep with her pacifiers anymore for the couple of days beforehand and then I think I'm going to have her throw them out herself. I've already explained to her that the pacifiers are too small and that she'll be getting her big-kid-bed soon and pacifiers aren't allowed in that. I liked the idea of waiting until her 2-year checkup but am just not sure I should keep waiting and putting it off like I am. Her toddler bed should be here before then anyway (it is scheduled to arrive in Doha today) and I want to move her into that as soon as it gets here because I feel awful about her being in the Pack n' Play this long (although she's not complaining so I'm not sure why it bothers me—it just looks so uncomfortable!).
Wish us all luck and I'll be sure to report back how it all goes.
I think you are brave to move her to the toddler bed. We just bought another crib for baby #2. Let me know how the transition goes. It might actually motivate me. Right now I plan on keeping Bryan in his crib until he's 5.
Sara