diff --git a/Sources/Markdown/Base/Markup.swift b/Sources/Markdown/Base/Markup.swift
index 4b271bff..23c72e78 100644
--- a/Sources/Markdown/Base/Markup.swift
+++ b/Sources/Markdown/Base/Markup.swift
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ extension Markup {
     public func child(through path: TypedChildIndexPath) -> Markup? {
         var element: Markup = self
         for pathElement in path {
-            guard pathElement.index <= raw.markup.childCount else {
+            guard pathElement.index <= element.childCount else {
                 return nil
             }
 
diff --git a/Tests/MarkdownTests/Base/MarkupTests.swift b/Tests/MarkdownTests/Base/MarkupTests.swift
index 4258a921..15730437 100644
--- a/Tests/MarkdownTests/Base/MarkupTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/MarkdownTests/Base/MarkupTests.swift
@@ -283,6 +283,21 @@ final class MarkupTests: XCTestCase {
             )!.debugDescription()
         )
     }
+
+    func testChildThroughIndicesWithMultipleParagraphs() {
+        let source = """
+This is a markup __*document*__ with *some* **more** attributes.
+
+This is the *second* paragraph.
+This is on a **new** line, but, continues on the same paragraph.
+
+This is the *third* paragraph.
+This is on a **new** line, but, continues on the same paragraph.
+"""
+
+        let document = Document(parsing: source)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(document.child(through: [2, 5]) as? Strong)
+    }
     
     func testChildAtPositionHasCorrectType() throws {
         let source = "This is a [*link*](github.com). And some **bold** and *italic* text."