Marianne,
I happened across a bizarre paper on this recently (bizarre because it is
studied in dummy suckers and the unusual link to dogs!)
Karleen Gribble
Australia
Pediatrics 2005;115;e367-e369
John Gall
"Binkie Flutter," an Apparently Voluntary Behavior of Infants, Possibly
Related to Vibratory Jaw Movements in Dogs: Report of 4 Cases
http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/115/3/e367
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