But what’s the children’s verdict? Well, it kept Eliza entertained for ages and it’s great for fostering imaginative small world play (central to our rules for play). And another thing I loved is that it doesn’t make any noise or play any tunes, which is brilliant when you may or may not have had a few glasses of wine the night before. Ahem… I’d been out for dinner the night before and while I wouldn’t say I was hungover, I was…struggling slightly, so this was a really welcome welcome distraction. I’m pretty impressed with Bing’s House. It’s possibly not something I’d have thought to buy the children myself, but then I clearly have no clue about toys (the Fisher Price Klip Klop Princess StableI wasn’t too sure of remains is the most played with toy in our house). As well as the vintage retro Fisher Price Little People, all the FP toys are well loved in our house – from the modern Little People House to the baby gym and the iconic phone. However, it doesn’t answer my biggest question about Bing – how does Flopstay SO CALM? Answers on a postcard please.

Early episodes feature the seductively soothing tones of actor Mark Rylance – from Wolf Hall – as Bing’s guardian Flop, and all the children are bigger than the adults, reflecting how child-centric life is at that age. A great thing about the house is that it is compact and folds up (please tell me most houses are like ours, with loads more toys than you ever imagined you’d have?). Bing is the Cbeebies animated series – not the search engine – about a toddler bunny and his friends learning to cope with new experiences and emotions.The theme of each episode is neatly summed up in a line at the end –‘Making friends…it’s a Bing thing.’ Here’s our Fisher Price Bing House review….Keeping children entertained for hours? It’s a Bing thing.

Have you seen Bing on CBeebies? We were recently sent the new Fisher Price Bing play house to review.