My daughter is turning 18 months and I will be sending her to school soon. How do I get her to break away from the pacifier habit without going through a traumatizing process for both of us? She uses them throughout the day especially for naps and bedtime.

I suppose the best way to quit anything is to do it gradually with loads of encouragement. But I remembered as a child, my late grandmother would lightly lace my brother's pacifier (and mine probably) with lemon juice. We hated sour things back then and it worked!