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This goes for both nighttime sleeping and naps. My son is 13 months old and uses a pacifier to fall asleep. The pacifiers only stay in his crib (or pack n play if traveling). When is the best age to wean him from the paicifier? And how should I do it? I am torn because I feel it isn't a big deal now to let him use it for sleeping, but I know the longer I wait the harder it might to break him from this habit. Please help.

I've had friends who have used pacifiers with no problems at all with their kids so I guess if there's no problems with it's use, what Kimberly suggested sounds good to me. My 2 kids (23 months and 4 months) both had colic and so really benefited from using a pacifier for the first 3 months but after that time they both weren't great sleepers so I took them off it (first child at 10 months, once I realised what was going on, and second child at 4 months). You have to be determined though as in the middle of the night when they're crying it's the easiest thing in the world just to plug it in and go back to bed. For me I went cold turkey and put the pacifiers out of sight and easy access so I wasn't tempted just to use them for ease. As with all things to do with children, go with your gut instinct of what you think needs to happen with the pacifier. Good luck!