diff --git a/leptos_dom/src/operations.rs b/leptos_dom/src/operations.rs
index 0f55f30ed..e9ec72cbd 100644
--- a/leptos_dom/src/operations.rs
+++ b/leptos_dom/src/operations.rs
@@ -75,17 +75,13 @@ pub fn insert_before(
         debug_warn!("insert_before: trying to insert on a parent node that is not an element");
         new.clone()
     } else if let Some(existing) = existing {
-        if existing.parent_node().as_ref() == Some(parent.unchecked_ref()) {
-            match parent.insert_before(new, Some(existing)) {
-                Ok(c) => c,
-                Err(e) => {
-                    debug_warn!("{:?}", e.as_string());
-                    new.clone()
-                }
+        let parent = existing.parent_node().unwrap_throw();
+        match parent.insert_before(new, Some(existing)) {
+            Ok(c) => c,
+            Err(e) => {
+                debug_warn!("{:?}", e.as_string());
+                new.clone()
             }
-        } else {
-            debug_warn!("insert_before: existing node is not a child of parent node");
-            parent.append_child(new).unwrap_throw()
         }
     } else {
         parent.append_child(new).unwrap_throw()
diff --git a/leptos_dom/src/render.rs b/leptos_dom/src/render.rs
index d4e287a2a..16f5cda2c 100644
--- a/leptos_dom/src/render.rs
+++ b/leptos_dom/src/render.rs
@@ -233,11 +233,7 @@ pub fn insert_expression(
                 }
                 Child::Null => match before {
                     Marker::BeforeChild(before) => {
-                        if before.is_connected() {
-                            Child::Node(insert_before(&parent, node, Some(before)))
-                        } else {
-                            Child::Node(append_child(&parent, node))
-                        }
+                        Child::Node(insert_before(&parent, node, Some(before)))
                     }
                     _ => Child::Node(append_child(&parent, node)),
                 },
diff --git a/leptos_macro/src/view.rs b/leptos_macro/src/view.rs
index 0437fb258..f2ede523c 100644
--- a/leptos_macro/src/view.rs
+++ b/leptos_macro/src/view.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ fn root_element_to_tokens(
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 enum PrevSibChange {
     Sib(Ident),
-    //Parent,
+    Parent,
     Skip,
 }
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ fn element_to_tokens(
             quote_spanned! {
                 span => let #this_el_ident = #debug_name;
                     let #this_el_ident = #parent.clone().unchecked_into::<web_sys::Node>();
-                    //log::debug!("=> got {}", #this_el_ident.node_name());
+                    //debug!("=> got {}", #this_el_ident.node_name());
             }
         } else if let Some(prev_sib) = &prev_sib {
             quote_spanned! {
@@ -353,11 +353,12 @@ fn element_to_tokens(
             expressions,
             multi,
             mode,
+            idx == 0
         );
 
         prev_sib = match curr_id {
             PrevSibChange::Sib(id) => Some(id),
-            //PrevSibChange::Parent => None,
+            PrevSibChange::Parent => None,
             PrevSibChange::Skip => prev_sib,
         };
     }
@@ -604,6 +605,7 @@ fn child_to_tokens(
     expressions: &mut Vec<TokenStream>,
     multi: bool,
     mode: Mode,
+    is_first_child: bool
 ) -> PrevSibChange {
     match node.node_type {
         NodeType::Element => {
@@ -621,6 +623,7 @@ fn child_to_tokens(
                     next_co_id,
                     multi,
                     mode,
+                    is_first_child
                 )
             } else {
                 PrevSibChange::Sib(element_to_tokens(
@@ -777,6 +780,7 @@ fn component_to_tokens(
     next_co_id: &mut usize,
     multi: bool,
     mode: Mode,
+    is_first_child: bool
 ) -> PrevSibChange {
     let create_component = create_component(cx, node, mode);
     let span = node.name_span().unwrap();
@@ -864,7 +868,11 @@ fn component_to_tokens(
 
     match current {
         Some(el) => PrevSibChange::Sib(el),
-        None => PrevSibChange::Skip,
+        None => if is_first_child {
+            PrevSibChange::Parent
+        } else {
+            PrevSibChange::Skip
+        },
     }
 }