Oct 1, 2026 · 56 min · 11 segments
CHRISTOPHER IS RISEN CHRISTOPHER HAS RETURNED CHRISTOPHER IS TIRED Back after a wee paternity break, Chris and Jonathan reunite to talk parenthood, and videogames. How’s that there Elden Ring on…
Chris DowHost
Jonathan DunnHost
I think everyone is, is aware of that, whether you've had a child or not, but the bit I've found most difficult isn't, like, fractured sleep or, or, like, the moment to moment being a dad to a baby that is there.
And, you know, time is always elastic in as much as if you're having fun, time appears to go quicker, and if you're not having fun, it appears to go slower.
So we understand that time is not fixed in that sense, but having a baby, it's made this idea of time like do something that feels scientifically impossible-
... and somehow make that six hours disappear, and it's not by virtue of me going, "I'm just so involved in parenting, the time has flown by"-
but by doing things in, like, their own micro cycles that render my idea of time, like the time it takes to clean the room or the time it takes to make a cup of tea [laughs] or to go to the shops.
[laughs] And, like, I've found myself saying to Georgia most days, "Oh, you know, should, should we take Remy to the park?" And it's like, you know, when I was on paternity leave, it's 10:00 AM, and then I am unable to understand why we are only just leaving the house at 3:30 in the afternoon.
Though, you know, I'm sure I'm operating consistently at a sleep deficit, and it's probably slowing me down a bit.
But instead it's this need to act, like if you think about speed running, like frame perfect window to find the midpoint of, like, this Venn between shitting and sicking and sleeping and suckling.
I think everyone is, is aware of that, whether you've had a child or not, but the bit I've found most difficult isn't, like, fractured sleep or, or, like, the moment to moment being a dad to a baby that is there.
And, you know, time is always elastic in as much as if you're having fun, time appears to go quicker, and if you're not having fun, it appears to go slower.
So we understand that time is not fixed in that sense, but having a baby, it's made this idea of time like do something that feels scientifically impossible-
... and somehow make that six hours disappear, and it's not by virtue of me going, "I'm just so involved in parenting, the time has flown by"-
but by doing things in, like, their own micro cycles that render my idea of time, like the time it takes to clean the room or the time it takes to make a cup of tea [laughs] or to go to the shops.
[laughs] And, like, I've found myself saying to Georgia most days, "Oh, you know, should, should we take Remy to the park?" And it's like, you know, when I was on paternity leave, it's 10:00 AM, and then I am unable to understand why we are only just leaving the house at 3:30 in the afternoon.
Though, you know, I'm sure I'm operating consistently at a sleep deficit, and it's probably slowing me down a bit.
But instead it's this need to act, like if you think about speed running, like frame perfect window to find the midpoint of, like, this Venn between shitting and sicking and sleeping and suckling.
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