return this.nativeNode.parentNode ? this.document.createElementNode(this.nativeNode.parentNode) : null;
     },
 
+    after: function(node) {
+        node = node instanceof ElementNode ? node : this.document.createElementNode(node);
+        this._$.after(node.nativeNode);
+        return node;
+    },
+
     before: function(node) {
+        node = node instanceof ElementNode ? node : this.document.createElementNode(node);
         this._$.before(node.nativeNode);
+        return node;
     },
 
     wrapWith: function(node) {
 
     createElementNode: function(from) {
         if(!(from instanceof HTMLElement)) {
-            from = $('<' + from.tagName + '>')[0];
+            if(from.text) {
+                from = document.createTextNode(from.text);
+            } else {
+                from = $('<' + from.tagName + '>')[0];
+            }
         }
         return new this.ElementNodeFactory(from, this);
     },
 
             expect(event.type).to.equal('nodeTextChange');
         });
 
+        it('puts NodeElement after itself', function() {
+            var node = elementNodeFromXML('<div>Alice</div>'),
+                textNode = node.contents()[0],
+                returned = textNode.after({tagName:'div'});
+            expect(returned.sameNode(node.contents()[1])).to.be.true;
+        });
+
+        it('puts NodeElement before itself', function() {
+            var node = elementNodeFromXML('<div>Alice</div>'),
+                textNode = node.contents()[0],
+                returned = textNode.before({tagName:'div'});
+            expect(returned.sameNode(node.contents()[0])).to.be.true;
+        });
+
         describe('Wrapping TextNode contents', function() {
 
             it('wraps DocumentTextElement', function() {