diff --git a/js/components/text_input.js b/js/components/text_input.js
index 51972d82..75c9d5f0 100644
--- a/js/components/text_input.js
+++ b/js/components/text_input.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import MaskedInput, { conformToMask } from 'vue-text-mask'
 import inputValidations from '../lib/input_validations'
 import { formatDollars } from '../lib/dollars'
-import { emitFieldChange } from '../lib/emitters'
+import { emitFieldChange, emitFieldMount } from '../lib/emitters'
 
 export default {
   name: 'textinput',
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export default {
     paragraph: String,
     noMaxWidth: String,
     optional: Boolean,
+    parent_uid: String,
   },
 
   data: function() {
@@ -67,9 +68,9 @@ export default {
   },
 
   created: function() {
-    this.$root.$emit('field-mount', {
-      name: this.name,
+    emitFieldMount(this, {
       optional: this.optional,
+      name: this.name,
     })
   },
 
diff --git a/js/lib/emitters.js b/js/lib/emitters.js
index 8bed5096..c4cc3bf4 100644
--- a/js/lib/emitters.js
+++ b/js/lib/emitters.js
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@ export const emitFieldChange = (el, data) => {
     parent_uid: el.$parent && el.$parent._uid,
   })
 }
+
+export const emitFieldMount = (el, data) => {
+  el.$root.$emit('field-mount', {
+    ...data,
+    parent_uid: el.$parent && el.$parent._uid,
+  })
+}