Need some encouragement and advice on potty training

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DS is nearly three and i started potty training on Monday so we are on day five. The beginning of the week he was really into big boy pants and sticker reward chart etc and was trying to pee and poo on potty it seems to have got steadily worse through the week. Yesterday we were at the park and I asked all morning if he needed to go and then after about 2 hours he did a poo in his pants, this morning off we go again and I asked all morning again and then he did another poo in his pants so i explained again how this isn't right etc and he agreed, we get home and this afternoon he has just done another poo in his pants without even asking me to go to the potty, just told me after he had done it. I asked why and he said that he went behind the tree in the garden to do a poo in his big boy pants so I couldn't catch him. What am I doing wrong here and what can I do to make it go better. It's so demoralising, feel like i've spent the entire week encouraging with smarties, stickers, encouragement and he doesn't even try. Anyone have any advice on what to do next? I just put his sticker chart in the bin as told him it was pointless having it out as we never get to stick any stickers on it, this was probably wrong thing to do but so annoyed by that last poo

Get it out of the bin and keep going with it all. Don't get cross with him, I know it's hard but don't, it's a big step for him.

IT took my DD a good few weeks before she'd poo on the potty / loo. Wee's were fine but she had a hang up about pooing anywhere but in her pants. She's absolutely fine now as your little boy will be.

He has to be ready; they are ready at different ages like walking or talking. IMO it would be best to stop altogether take the heat off and when poss. have him without any pants on and a potty nearby.

i found with training staying in with no pants on was easier once he managed to go on potty i always told him where it was had one in each room he was in i added a layer of clothing

but the one thing i never did was ask him if he needed to go as he would always say no they are used to having nappies and could happily go in one its a habit they need to break

i would take him every 30 mins and put him on toilet same if out whenever i reached a toilet in we would go and would just take him rather than asking as the control of the bodily functions is something that they learn and comes over time

dont stress out just keep going if in doubt put back in pull ups and still take to the toilet when out lots of prais eif they do go on toilet and good try if they dont go

my ds went back in nappies as i flet the pressure was getting too much and anxiety around potty training is not good they tend to regress i took him to pre school at 3.6 in pants and that was it no going back he was dry form day 1 still left with no pants at home just pull ups when out before then but once he was at pre school no more pants but even now his 5 he'll still say no if asking him to wee will always just say go and do a wee and he always will

My son is slightly older than yours (his 3rd birthday was three weeks ago) and we started potty training in April. It has taken him a long time to feel comfortable doing a poo in the potty or the toilet. To start with he did them in his pants. THen he started doing them only in his nappies at night. Only in the last few weeks has he started going to the toilet during the day. The staff at his nursery tell me this is perfectly normal. Good luck!