diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/DynamicPublishedContentTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/DynamicPublishedContentTests.cs
index 9280c176bb..106996a93e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/DynamicPublishedContentTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/DynamicPublishedContentTests.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
@@ -31,7 +32,50 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PublishedContent
 			return GetNode(id).AsDynamic();
 		}
 
-		[Test]
+        [Test]
+        public void FirstChild()
+        {
+            var content = GetDynamicNode(1173);
+
+            var x = content.FirstChild();
+            Assert.IsNotNull(x);
+            Assert.IsInstanceOf<DynamicPublishedContent>(x);
+            Assert.AreEqual(1174, x.Id);
+
+            x = content.FirstChild("CustomDocument");
+            Assert.IsNotNull(x);
+            Assert.IsInstanceOf<DynamicPublishedContent>(x);
+            Assert.AreEqual(1177, x.Id);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Children()
+        {
+            var content = GetDynamicNode(1173);
+
+            var l = content.Children;
+            Assert.AreEqual(4, l.Count());
+
+            // works - but not by calling the extension method
+            // because the binder will in fact re-route to the property first
+            l = content.Children();
+            Assert.AreEqual(4, l.Count());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ChildrenOfType()
+        {
+            var content = GetDynamicNode(1173);
+
+            var l = content.Children;
+            Assert.AreEqual(4, l.Count());
+
+            // fails - because it fails to find extension methods?
+            l = content.Children("CustomDocument");
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, l.Count());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
 		public void Custom_Extension_Methods()
 		{
 			var asDynamic = GetDynamicNode(1173);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Dynamics/ExtensionMethods.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Dynamics/ExtensionMethods.cs
index dd3d2f69cd..16eb3e9077 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Dynamics/ExtensionMethods.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Dynamics/ExtensionMethods.cs
@@ -27,5 +27,15 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Dynamics
         {
             return source.Items.OrderBy(x => Guid.NewGuid());
         }
+
+        public static DynamicPublishedContentList Children(this DynamicPublishedContent content)
+        {
+            return content.Children;
+        }
+
+        public static DynamicPublishedContentList Children(this DynamicPublishedContent content, string contentTypeAlias)
+        {
+            return new DynamicPublishedContentList(content.PublishedContent.Children().OfTypes(contentTypeAlias));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/DynamicPublishedContent.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/DynamicPublishedContent.cs
index 4cb2402e9b..b819376187 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/DynamicPublishedContent.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/DynamicPublishedContent.cs
@@ -1254,6 +1254,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Models
         {
             get { return _children ?? (_children = new DynamicPublishedContentList(PublishedContent.Children)); }
         }
+
+	    public DynamicPublishedContent FirstChild()
+	    {
+	        return Children.FirstOrDefault<DynamicPublishedContent>();
+	    }
+
+	    public DynamicPublishedContent FirstChild(string alias)
+	    {
+	        return Children.FirstOrDefault<IPublishedContent>(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias == alias) as DynamicPublishedContent;
+	    }
         
         #endregion
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentExtensions.cs
index b96c04f752..c771debbad 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentExtensions.cs
@@ -1641,6 +1641,22 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             return content.Children().OfType<T>();
         }
 
+        public static IPublishedContent FirstChild(this IPublishedContent content)
+        {
+            return content.Children().First();
+        }
+
+        public static IPublishedContent FirstChild(this IPublishedContent content, Func<IPublishedContent, bool> predicate)
+        {
+            return content.Children(predicate).FirstOrDefault();
+        }
+
+        public static IPublishedContent FirstChild<T>(this IPublishedContent content)
+            where T : class, IPublishedContent
+        {
+            return content.Children<T>().FirstOrDefault();
+        }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets the children of the content in a DataTable.
 		/// </summary>