These diapers are cloth, but they're probably not like your mother's.
Some are made of bamboo billed as naturally anti-bacterial.
Others are pre-folded.
The pins are gone, in favor of snaps or Velcro.
Use of modern, eco-friendly cloth diapers is a growing trend, several Tucson retailers say.
A local boutique, Little Bird Nesting Co., is one of the options for Tucsonans looking to kick the plastic-diaper habit.
The brightly decorated shop at 2924 E. Broadway offers numerous baby items, along with a selection of handmade and manufactured cloth diapers.
The shop's original owner, Autumn Carlton, wanted to promote awareness. "Disposable diapers are still a biohazard. Plastic never goes away," Carlton said.
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And modern cloth diapers are not what they used to be, she said.
For one thing, parents can purchase these with intentions of reusing them until their child is ready for potty training. The diapers are designed to fit babies as they grow.
They sell quickly, said the store's current owner, Charlotte Lasselsberger, who recently bought the business and moved it to the Broadway location.
Check her website, www.littlebirdnestingcompany.com, for the dates of workshops for parents.
Little Bird Nesting Co. is in partnership with Ten Tiny Piggies, an online manufactured cloth-diaper store that originated in Tucson.
Customers can purchase Ten Tiny Piggies' diapers through the Little Bird Nesting Co. or through the website www.tentinypiggies.com.
Another online cloth-diaper store based in Tucson is Green Baby Elephant, www.greenbabyelephant.com, founded by Tonya Scott. Green Baby Elephant also offers consultations and diapering parties for parents who want to learn about cloth options.
Scott said she preferred cloth diapers over disposable ones when raising her son because of the chemicals in plastics.
She and other advocates maintain less water is used to wash reusable cloth diapers than the amount of water used to manufacture plastic diapers, although there are dueling studies available on this point.
Store manager Daniella Aguero at A2Z Babies and Beyond, 5717 E. Broadway, has also noticed a sales trend.
"It seems like it's kind of the up and coming thing," Aguero said. "It's really cute nowadays. It's a fashion statement."
Ashley Grove is a University of Arizona student who is an apprentice at the Star. Contact her at starapprentice@azstarnet.com