Difficulty settling since removing the dummy - can anyone advise?

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My DS (3.4) gave his Dummy to santa at christmas (bless 'im). It wasnt anywhere near as bad as I thought and now he doesnt even mention it anymore.

However, since then he takes AGES to settle to sleep. I used to be able to put him to bed, read him a story, "plug him in" and off he went into a doze.

Now he is still up and down and struggling to settle 2 hours after bedtime most nights.

He isnt crying or anything just awake and not wanting to sleep.

Can anyone tell me what to do to get peaceful evenings back!!??

I took my dd1 dummy away just before she was 3 when she bit a hole in it. What I didn't consider was that we had moved house only a couple of weeks before. It was awful, I took away her BELOVED comfort in a strange place. (cruel mother) The first night she screamed for 2 hours. She hated her new room, wanted the old house back. It took her 2 weeks not to cry any more, and a couple more to settle nicely. We had to move her bed so the wall was on the same side as in old house. We put all her things out, pics on walls etc. Cosy and comforting. Although she settles ok now she still wakes in night and calls me, sometimes many times, where before she'd suck her "noo" and fall back to sleep.
How I rue the day when I'm tralling in there for the 4th time at 3am. I say give it time and make his room/bed really inviting. Safe, somewhere he wants to go.
What time do you put him to bed??