Definitely get your name down - it took us about 6 weeks to get in. We had tried doing exactly what we were taught beforehard at home, but it hadn't worked. Somehow, having someone else there reinforcing that I was doing everything right helped keep me calm and kept her calm too during it all. We were there 4 nights and although our situation wasn't nearly as bad as yours, by the last night she was on track.
They won't be able to stop her waking up, but she will learn that she can go back to sleep all by herself with Mummy and Daddy coming in.
We went to sleep school when DD was about 9/10 mo. I was returning to work & DH was going to be the main carer. DD would not re-settle herself and sometimes not even settle when we tried to help her using various methods and alot of the time we were co-sleeping, which was ok as long as DD went back to sleep straight away (not usually the case though). There were some things I didn't like at sleep school, but I tried alot of their methods - introducing a sleeping bag, sleep toy, putting music on and chose what worked best, implemented it at sleep school then kept it up at home. The first two nights were the worst/hardest emotionally (I did a five night stay with DH too). I went to South Eastern Hospital.
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