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Not really. The other rooms in the house are all opened up together so I don't have any other room beside their own rooms and which I am just not going to try that again. I could try to create a barrier so that the baby can't get to the other kids but she will still be able to make her distracting baby noises.

You could also play classical music, which will help to counteract the baby sounds. It might also calm the baby, who knows.

Is there a way to set the kids up for school work where their back is to the baby? I know with my third and fourth graders if they can't see the distraction, but they can still hear it, they don't get distracted near as much. It's just an idea...

My youngest is almost 18mos, so I know how you feel. We aren't doing highschool work yet but He is still a distraction. What we do, is help him do to "school" stuff. While the boys are doing the things that they need a little help with, TJ is at the high chair, drawing and coloring. When TJ takes a nap we do the harder work, when they need me more. I guess my little solution is to involved the baby more, let them get to like school too. I've heard of mom's that give their toddler a bag of goodies to play with while the older kids are doing their work. She had a differnet bag for each day of the week to keep it interesting. I hope this helps. If you get any other ideas let me know.

My son was the most challenging at that age. It was impossible to do anything with my daughter, because he would deliberately disrupt it. Now he's 3, and can amuse himself.