insertBefore
add element as first child
HTML
<div class="main">
<div class="content">Lorem</div>
<div class="content">ipusm</div>
<div class="content">dolores</div>
</div>
<div class="main">
</div>
JavaScript
var someParentObject = document.querySelector('.main');
var someChildObject = document.createElement("div");
someChildObject.setAttribute('class', 'content');
someChildObject.innerHTML = 'INTERLOPER';
//someParentObject.appendChild(someChildObject);
someParentObject.insertBefore(someChildObject,someParentObject.firstChild);