diff --git a/playground/counter.tsx b/playground/counter.tsx
index 1925c19..6bbd235 100644
--- a/playground/counter.tsx
+++ b/playground/counter.tsx
@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@ export function Counter() {
     <>
       this button was clicked {count} times
       {embedVisible && (
-        <Embed
-          title="the counter"
-          fields={[
-            {
-              name: "is it even?",
-              value: count % 2 === 0 ? "yes" : "no",
-            },
-          ]}
-        />
+        <Embed>
+          <Embed.Title>the counter</Embed.Title>
+          <Embed.Field name="is it even?">
+            {count % 2 === 0 ? "yes" : "no"}
+          </Embed.Field>
+        </Embed>
       )}
       {embedVisible && (
         <Button label="hide embed" onClick={() => setEmbedVisible(false)} />
diff --git a/src.new/container.ts b/src.new/container.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dc54c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src.new/container.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+export class Container<T> {
+  private items: T[] = []
+
+  add(...items: T[]) {
+    this.items.push(...items)
+  }
+
+  addBefore(item: T, before: T) {
+    let index = this.items.indexOf(before)
+    if (index === -1) {
+      index = this.items.length
+    }
+    this.items.splice(index, 0, item)
+  }
+
+  remove(toRemove: T) {
+    this.items = this.items.filter((item) => item !== toRemove)
+  }
+
+  clear() {
+    this.items = []
+  }
+
+  [Symbol.iterator]() {
+    return this.items[Symbol.iterator]()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src.new/element.tsx b/src.new/element.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..497de3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src.new/element.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import type { ReactNode } from "react"
+import React from "react"
+import type { Node } from "./node.js"
+
+export function ReacordElement<Props>(props: {
+  props: Props
+  createNode: () => Node<Props>
+  children?: ReactNode
+}) {
+  return React.createElement("reacord-element", props)
+}
diff --git a/src.new/embed.tsx b/src.new/embed.tsx
index 653286a..480d45b 100644
--- a/src.new/embed.tsx
+++ b/src.new/embed.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import type { MessageOptions } from "discord.js"
+import type { MessageEmbedOptions, MessageOptions } from "discord.js"
 import React from "react"
+import { ReacordElement } from "./element.js"
 import { Node } from "./node.js"
 
 export type EmbedProps = {
-  title?: string
   description?: string
   url?: string
   timestamp?: Date
@@ -23,22 +23,78 @@ export type EmbedProps = {
     url?: string
     iconURL?: string
   }
-  fields?: Array<{
-    name: string
-    value: string
-    inline?: boolean
-  }>
+  children?: React.ReactNode
 }
 
 export function Embed(props: EmbedProps) {
   return (
-    <reacord-element props={props} createNode={() => new EmbedNode(props)} />
+    <ReacordElement props={props} createNode={() => new EmbedNode(props)}>
+      {props.children}
+    </ReacordElement>
   )
 }
 
 class EmbedNode extends Node<EmbedProps> {
   override modifyMessageOptions(options: MessageOptions): void {
+    const embed = { ...this.props }
+    for (const child of this.children) {
+      if (child instanceof EmbedChildNode) {
+        child.modifyEmbedOptions(embed)
+      }
+    }
+
     options.embeds ??= []
-    options.embeds.push(this.props)
+    options.embeds.push(embed)
+  }
+}
+
+abstract class EmbedChildNode<Props> extends Node<Props> {
+  abstract modifyEmbedOptions(options: MessageEmbedOptions): void
+}
+
+export type EmbedTitleProps = {
+  children: string
+  url?: string
+}
+
+Embed.Title = function Title(props: EmbedTitleProps) {
+  return (
+    <ReacordElement
+      props={props}
+      createNode={() => new EmbedTitleNode(props)}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
+class EmbedTitleNode extends EmbedChildNode<EmbedTitleProps> {
+  override modifyEmbedOptions(options: MessageEmbedOptions): void {
+    options.title = this.props.children
+    options.url = this.props.url
+  }
+}
+
+export type EmbedFieldProps = {
+  name: string
+  inline?: boolean
+  children: string
+}
+
+Embed.Field = function Field(props: EmbedFieldProps) {
+  return (
+    <ReacordElement
+      props={props}
+      createNode={() => new EmbedFieldNode(props)}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
+class EmbedFieldNode extends EmbedChildNode<EmbedFieldProps> {
+  override modifyEmbedOptions(options: MessageEmbedOptions): void {
+    options.fields ??= []
+    options.fields.push({
+      name: this.props.name,
+      value: this.props.children,
+      inline: this.props.inline,
+    })
   }
 }
diff --git a/src.new/node.ts b/src.new/node.ts
index 202a1a7..0b30cba 100644
--- a/src.new/node.ts
+++ b/src.new/node.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-disable class-methods-use-this */
 import type { MessageComponentInteraction, MessageOptions } from "discord.js"
+import { Container } from "./container.js"
 
 export abstract class Node<Props> {
+  readonly children = new Container<Node<unknown>>()
   protected props: Props
 
   constructor(initialProps: Props) {
diff --git a/src.new/reconciler.ts b/src.new/reconciler.ts
index 9569db8..b50ad08 100644
--- a/src.new/reconciler.ts
+++ b/src.new/reconciler.ts
@@ -53,16 +53,29 @@ const config: HostConfig<
   shouldSetTextContent: () => false,
 
   clearContainer: (renderer) => {
-    renderer.clear()
+    renderer.nodes.clear()
   },
   appendChildToContainer: (renderer, child) => {
-    renderer.add(child)
+    renderer.nodes.add(child)
   },
   removeChildFromContainer: (renderer, child) => {
-    renderer.remove(child)
+    renderer.nodes.remove(child)
   },
   insertInContainerBefore: (renderer, child, before) => {
-    renderer.addBefore(child, before)
+    renderer.nodes.addBefore(child, before)
+  },
+
+  appendInitialChild: (parent, child) => {
+    parent.children.add(child)
+  },
+  appendChild: (parent, child) => {
+    parent.children.add(child)
+  },
+  removeChild: (parent, child) => {
+    parent.children.remove(child)
+  },
+  insertBefore: (parent, child, before) => {
+    parent.children.addBefore(child, before)
   },
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-null
@@ -83,7 +96,6 @@ const config: HostConfig<
   preparePortalMount: () => raise("Portals are not supported"),
   getPublicInstance: () => raise("Refs are currently not supported"),
 
-  appendInitialChild: () => raise("not implemented"),
   finalizeInitialChildren: () => false,
 }
 
diff --git a/src.new/renderer.ts b/src.new/renderer.ts
index dcf186c..9cac1dc 100644
--- a/src.new/renderer.ts
+++ b/src.new/renderer.ts
@@ -3,34 +3,15 @@ import type {
   MessageComponentInteraction,
   MessageOptions,
 } from "discord.js"
+import { Container } from "./container.js"
 import type { Node } from "./node.js"
 
 export class Renderer {
-  private nodes: Array<Node<unknown>> = []
+  readonly nodes = new Container<Node<unknown>>()
   private componentInteraction?: MessageComponentInteraction
 
   constructor(private interaction: CommandInteraction) {}
 
-  add(node: Node<unknown>) {
-    this.nodes.push(node)
-  }
-
-  addBefore(node: Node<unknown>, before: Node<unknown>) {
-    let index = this.nodes.indexOf(before)
-    if (index === -1) {
-      index = this.nodes.length
-    }
-    this.nodes.splice(index, 0, node)
-  }
-
-  remove(node: Node<unknown>) {
-    this.nodes = this.nodes.filter((n) => n !== node)
-  }
-
-  clear() {
-    this.nodes = []
-  }
-
   render() {
     const options = this.getMessageOptions()
     if (this.componentInteraction) {