I don't think you can get your work done and keep a child company at the same time. You can occupy the child (perhaps with TV or other children), but programming requires too much attention for the child to get any of it. Maybe you're a super genius who can read Dr. Seuss with one eye and write code with the other eye (and hands), but I've found that pretty well impossible. I'm with my children, or I'm with my work, and never both.