There certainly might be a submucosal tongue tie, that is often 
responsible for the "short" looking tongue. The sliding movement of the 
tongue is one of the compensations babies use when they are tongue tied. 
I have not seen that in a baby who wasn't tongue tied (babies with 
neurological issues tend to use a pistoning movement of the tongue that 
is rather disorganized instead).

One thing that might help with this baby is to slide him a tiny bit 
toward mom's other breast, so that his slightly retracted tongue is over 
a "wider" mouthful of breast. It seems to help babes with posterior or 
submucousal tongue ties grasp the breast better.
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC

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