To sleep or not to sleep? That is the question.

Once upon a time, there was a wonderful little boy who would blissfully sleep 10-12 hours a night. His parents generally woke up feeling more or less rested and refreshed, and the little boy woke up giggling and excited for the day. Then, for some inexplicable reason, the little boy decided to wake up in the middle of night. He called out for his mommy and cried a little bit, so the mommy brought him in bed with her and daddy just to snuggle and try to get some sleep. Mommy thought that surely after a night or two of this, the little boy would go back to his regular sleeping habits. Then, the little boy started to get some teeth and he got a cold. It made it hard and uncomfortable for him to sleep. So, each night for a month, he has been waking up, just as his exhausted parents are about to turn out their lights to get some sleep. He calls out for mommy and cries a little bit. His parents have tried Motrin. They've tried homeopathic teething tablets. They've tried letting him get himself back to sleep (who are they kidding?). The only two nights in the past month that the little boy has slept through the night was when he took some Benadryl because he had an allergic reaction and broke out in a full body rash. Mommy, in her sleep deprived state, pondered briefly about slipping the little boy some Benadryl every night just to get him to sleep, even though the allergy was gone. Silly mommy. Alas, the end of this tale is unknown. Will the boy eventually return to his normal sleeping habits? Will mommy go insane from lack of sleep? We shall see...