diff --git a/src/__tests__/act.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/act.test.tsx
index 379eecc4..36a10f8b 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/act.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/act.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text } from 'react-native';
 import { act, fireEvent, render, screen } from '../';
+import '../matchers/extend-expect';
 
 type UseEffectProps = { callback(): void };
 const UseEffect = ({ callback }: UseEffectProps) => {
@@ -34,9 +35,9 @@ test('fireEvent should trigger useState', () => {
   render(<Counter />);
   const counter = screen.getByText(/Total count/i);
 
-  expect(counter.props.children).toEqual('Total count: 0');
+  expect(counter).toHaveTextContent('Total count: 0');
   fireEvent.press(counter);
-  expect(counter.props.children).toEqual('Total count: 1');
+  expect(counter).toHaveTextContent('Total count: 1');
 });
 
 test('should be able to not await act', () => {
diff --git a/src/__tests__/wait-for.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/wait-for.test.tsx
index 5eaa0190..9c9bdb37 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/wait-for.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/wait-for.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, TouchableOpacity, View, Pressable } from 'react-native';
 import { fireEvent, render, waitFor, configure, screen } from '..';
+import '../matchers/extend-expect';
 
 class Banana extends React.Component<any> {
   changeFresh = () => {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ test('waits for element until it stops throwing', async () => {
 
   const freshBananaText = await waitFor(() => screen.getByText('Fresh'));
 
-  expect(freshBananaText.props.children).toBe('Fresh');
+  expect(freshBananaText).toHaveTextContent('Fresh');
 });
 
 test('waits for element until timeout is met', async () => {
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ test.each([false, true])(
     jest.advanceTimersByTime(300);
     const freshBananaText = await waitFor(() => screen.getByText('Fresh'));
 
-    expect(freshBananaText.props.children).toBe('Fresh');
+    expect(freshBananaText).toHaveTextContent('Fresh');
   },
 );
 
diff --git a/src/matchers/utils.tsx b/src/matchers/utils.tsx
index 66402bee..77737a0b 100644
--- a/src/matchers/utils.tsx
+++ b/src/matchers/utils.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import redent from 'redent';
 import { isValidElement } from '../helpers/component-tree';
 import { defaultMapProps } from '../helpers/format-default';
 import { HostElement, HostNode } from '../renderer/host-element';
+import { getTextContent } from '../helpers/text-content';
 
 class HostElementTypeError extends Error {
   constructor(received: unknown, matcherFn: jest.CustomMatcher, context: jest.MatcherContext) {
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ export function formatElement(element: HostNode | null) {
   const { children, ...props } = element.props;
   const childrenToDisplay = typeof children === 'string' ? [children] : undefined;
 
+  const textContent = getTextContent(element);
+
   return redent(
     prettyFormat(
       {
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ export function formatElement(element: HostNode | null) {
         $$typeof: Symbol.for('react.test.json'),
         type: element.type,
         props: defaultMapProps(props),
-        children: childrenToDisplay,
+        children: element.children.filter((child) => typeof child === 'string'),
       },
       {
         plugins: [plugins.ReactTestComponent, plugins.ReactElement],
diff --git a/src/queries/__tests__/test-id.test.tsx b/src/queries/__tests__/test-id.test.tsx
index 349a8034..700b214f 100644
--- a/src/queries/__tests__/test-id.test.tsx
+++ b/src/queries/__tests__/test-id.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Button, Text, TextInput, View } from 'react-native';
 import { render, screen } from '../..';
+import '../../matchers/extend-expect';
 
 const PLACEHOLDER_FRESHNESS = 'Add custom freshness';
 const PLACEHOLDER_CHEF = 'Who inspected freshness?';
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ test('getByTestId, queryByTestId', () => {
   render(<Banana />);
   const component = screen.getByTestId('bananaFresh');
 
-  expect(component.props.children).toBe('not fresh');
+  expect(component).toHaveTextContent('not fresh');
   expect(() => screen.getByTestId('InExistent')).toThrow(
     'Unable to find an element with testID: InExistent',
   );
@@ -95,8 +96,8 @@ test('getAllByTestId, queryAllByTestId', () => {
   const textElements = screen.getAllByTestId('duplicateText');
 
   expect(textElements.length).toBe(2);
-  expect(textElements[0].props.children).toBe('First Text');
-  expect(textElements[1].props.children).toBe('Second Text');
+  expect(textElements[0]).toHaveTextContent('First Text');
+  expect(textElements[1]).toHaveTextContent('Second Text');
   expect(() => screen.getAllByTestId('nonExistentTestId')).toThrow(
     'Unable to find an element with testID: nonExistentTestId',
   );
diff --git a/src/queries/__tests__/text.test.tsx b/src/queries/__tests__/text.test.tsx
index 089ed279..433886d4 100644
--- a/src/queries/__tests__/text.test.tsx
+++ b/src/queries/__tests__/text.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Button, Image, Text, TextInput, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
 import { getDefaultNormalizer, render, screen, within } from '../..';
+import '../../matchers/extend-expect';
 
 test('byText matches simple text', () => {
   render(<Text testID="text">Hello World</Text>);
@@ -56,11 +57,11 @@ test('getByText, queryByText', () => {
   render(<Banana />);
   const button = screen.getByText(/change/i);
 
-  expect(button.props.children).toBe('Change freshness!');
+  expect(button).toHaveTextContent('Change freshness!');
 
   const sameButton = screen.getByText('not fresh');
 
-  expect(sameButton.props.children).toBe('not fresh');
+  expect(sameButton).toHaveTextContent('not fresh');
   expect(() => screen.getByText('InExistent')).toThrow(
     'Unable to find an element with text: InExistent',
   );
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ test('getByText, screen.queryByText with children as Array', () => {
   render(<BananaStore />);
 
   const threeBananaBunch = screen.getByText('There are 3 bananas in the bunch');
-  expect(threeBananaBunch.props.children).toEqual(['There are ', 3, ' bananas in the bunch']);
+  expect(threeBananaBunch).toHaveTextContent('There are 3 bananas in the bunch');
 });
 
 test('getAllByText, queryAllByText', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/host-element.ts b/src/renderer/host-element.ts
index f4c682f7..2dd486e8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/host-element.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/host-element.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ export class HostElement {
       return {};
     }
 
-    // // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-    // const { children, ...restProps } = this.instance.props;
-    return this.instance.props;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+    const { children, ...restProps } = this.instance.props;
+    return restProps;
   }
 
   get children(): HostNode[] {
diff --git a/src/renderer/reconciler.ts b/src/renderer/reconciler.ts
index 20484e2f..a44431f3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/reconciler.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/reconciler.ts
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ const hostConfig = {
     _hostContext: HostContext,
     internalHandle: OpaqueHandle,
   ): Instance {
-    //console.log('🔷 createInstance', type, props);
-    // console.log('- RootContainer:', rootContainer);
-    // console.log('- HostContext:', _hostContext);
-    // console.log('- InternalHandle:', internalHandle);
     return {
       tag: 'INSTANCE',
       type,
@@ -162,8 +158,6 @@ const hostConfig = {
     _rootContainer: Container,
     _hostContext: HostContext,
   ): boolean {
-    // console.log('🔷 finalizeInitialChildren', type, props);
-    // console.log('🔷 - instance:', instance);
     return false;
   },
 
@@ -182,8 +176,6 @@ const hostConfig = {
     _rootContainer: Container,
     _hostContext: HostContext,
   ): UpdatePayload | null {
-    // console.log('🔷 prepareUpdate', type, newProps, oldProps);
-    // console.log('🔷 - instance:', instance);
     return UPDATE_SIGNAL;
   },
 
@@ -198,7 +190,6 @@ const hostConfig = {
    */
   shouldSetTextContent(_type: Type, _props: Props): boolean {
     // TODO: what should RN do here?
-    //console.log('🔷 shouldSetTextContent', type, props);
     return false;
   },
 
@@ -452,8 +443,6 @@ const hostConfig = {
     _props: Props,
     _internalHandle: OpaqueHandle,
   ): void {
-    // console.log('🔷 commitMount', type, props);
-    // console.log('🔷 - instance:', instance);
     // noop
   },
 
@@ -470,8 +459,6 @@ const hostConfig = {
     nextProps: Props,
     internalHandle: OpaqueHandle,
   ): void {
-    // console.log('🔷 commitMount', type, nextProps, _prevProps);
-    // console.log('🔷 - instance:', instance);
     instance.type = type;
     instance.props = nextProps;
     instance.internalHandle = internalHandle;
diff --git a/src/renderer/renderer.ts b/src/renderer/renderer.ts
index 1f0c1877..d91f905c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/renderer.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/renderer.ts
@@ -26,34 +26,18 @@ export function render(element: ReactElement): RenderResult {
     false, // isStrictMode
     null, // concurrentUpdatesByDefaultOverride
     'id', // identifierPrefix
-    (_error) => {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.log('Recoverable Error', _error);
-    }, // onRecoverableError
+    (_error) => {}, // onRecoverableError
     null, // transitionCallbacks
   );
 
-  TestReconciler.updateContainer(element, containerFiber, null, () => {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    //console.log('Rendered', container?.children);
-  });
-
-  //     update(newElement: React$Element<any>) {
-  //       if (root == null || root.current == null) {
-  //         return;
-  //       }
-  //       ReactReconciler.updateContainer(newElement, root, null, null);
-  //     },
+  TestReconciler.updateContainer(element, containerFiber, null, null);
 
   const update = (element: ReactElement) => {
     if (containerFiber == null || container == null) {
       return;
     }
 
-    TestReconciler.updateContainer(element, containerFiber, null, () => {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      //console.log('Updated', container?.children);
-    });
+    TestReconciler.updateContainer(element, containerFiber, null, null);
   };
 
   const unmount = () => {
@@ -61,10 +45,7 @@ export function render(element: ReactElement): RenderResult {
       return;
     }
 
-    TestReconciler.updateContainer(null, containerFiber, null, () => {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      //console.log('Unmounted', container?.children);
-    });
+    TestReconciler.updateContainer(null, containerFiber, null, null);
 
     container = null;
     containerFiber = null;
@@ -79,14 +60,16 @@ export function render(element: ReactElement): RenderResult {
       return renderToJson(container.children[0]);
     }
 
+    // Taken from React Test Renderer
     // TODO: When could that happen?
     if (
       container.children.length === 2 &&
       container.children[0].isHidden === true &&
       container.children[1].isHidden === false
     ) {
-      // Omit timed out children from output entirely, including the fact that we
-      // temporarily wrap fallback and timed out children in an array.
+      // Taken from React Test Renderer
+      // > Omit timed out children from output entirely, including the fact that we
+      // > temporarily wrap fallback and timed out children in an array.
       return renderToJson(container.children[1]);
     }