hey caddie, did you have ruby's hearing checked when you were in hospital? don't want to alarm you or anything, but if she does have a hearing loss the sooner you can get intervention the better. (this is the field i was in before becoming a full time mummy). i am sure it is nothing, and i can tell you right now, that even if she was completely Deaf in one ear, she would still lead a normal 'hearing' life, just might have trouble with direction of sound etc. it is definately something to keep an eye on though (although i can totally understand preferring to ignore it).