How did you wean your baby off the pacifier?

I came across this article that offers a "three-day approach" (towards the end of the article), which I thought is interesting because it offers some sort of a “closure” for the child. http://www.parents.com/toddlers-preschoolers/development/behavioral/bye-bye-binky-ending-the-pacifier-habit/ It involves informing your child that he/she will be saying goodbye to his/her pacifier in three days time. Repeat the same talk over the three days and act on it on the third day (via a game-like approach). Having the three-day timeline could prepare your child for the change and make it easier for him/her to accept it. Thus far, two of my friends have successfully weaned their babies off their pacifiers. One went cold turkey when her baby was 18 months while the other tried the gradual approach for her two-year old daughter. The latter slowly limited her baby’s use of the pacifier. She first removed it during naptime, then slowly extending to bedtime.