Disposable diaper with fit improving means

In a generally rectangular disposable diaper having a predetermined length and comprising an outer water impervious backing sheet, an inner water pervious liner and an absorbent body therebetween and having opposite lateral margins and having a front section and a back section on opposite sides of a longitudinal midpoint of the diaper, the improvement wherein said diaper is folded into a configuration with said lateral margins in contact, said lateral margins being releasably adhesively secured to each other only in said diaper front section at a location spaced from said diaper midpoint along said margins a distance approximately equal to one sixth said predetermined length, whereby said front section may be temporarily retained in said folded configuration while said back section is unfolded for application of the diaper to an infant.