No cloth diaper topic would be a true cloth diaper topic without the mention of old-fashioned soakers (training pants)!
I remember how I used to double these up when my kids were first learning to use the potty. I'd put rubber pants over them, and when extra-added absorbency was needed, I'd fold a diaper into a long narrow pad and line the training pants with the diaper.
No disposable training pants or Pull-ups when my kids were little!
And... these pants served as emergency rubber pants over the diapers when all the rubber pants were in the diaper pail or hanging on the clothesline drying!