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@Cherrybee: my son is 2.5 and initially potty trained fairly quickly and we thought we'd nailed it. A few weeks in, he regressed and we've pushed through, but one of the antics we've been dealing with is him telling us he needs to go, then losing his ever loving MIND when we take him (particularly in public, which is the loveliest experience). So we bribe him. We tell him after he goes potty, we'll go watch Elmo or go get a Popsicle or go play with his race track, etc. and if that doesn't work, we remind him how he needs to keep his pants dry and if he doesn't, he loses something (sometimes it's Elmo, sometimes it's that we'll leave wherever we are, whatever works) and if he still doesn't go, we try again later. We follow through too, even if it means leaving the trampoline park after twenty minutes. I will say that LO stands to pee 99% of the time. I've heard some folks suggest having girls stand on the toilet seat and that the pee comes out in a straight shot (it was a recommendation for public bathrooms) so it might be something to think about, but I'm not sure if that's a habit you want to start!

Have you tried a little potty? Sometimes LO just wants the choice of a little potty vs a big potty, so we've kept his little potty out too. He will also ask that we potty at the same time occasionally, so that has been another tactic we've used.

Potty training sucks. Hang in there!

My only tip is to keep it as positive an experience as possible. No punishments/consequences for accidents or refusals to try. They all get there when they're ready.

I agree with @pwnstar: we worked really hard to keep everything related to potty training very positive. So if she gets upset I wouldn't push it. Just tell her "that's ok, we'll try again another time". And ask her if she can tell you what she doesn't like about the potty and what might make her more comfortable and let her take the lead. She'll get there when she's ready, I promise!

My toddler didn't like it either! And he's a little older than your LO I believe. At first he just wanted to sit on the potty with his diaper on. Fine by me! We are not rushing him let him do his own thing. When he's ready, he'll do it.

Yep stool for her feet and let her watch peppa pig whilst on there
I have the opposite problem...loves sitting on there but won't pee... he will hold for 5 hours til I put the nappy on for nap time.

@Cherrybee: what approach are you taking? We did Oh Crap! Potty Training.

It sounds like, from some of your posts, that E likes choices. I have a friend who, for the past 6 months or so, has asked her LO in the morning while getting dressed, if she wants diapers or underwear and has gone with what her LO requests. On days her LO picks underwear, she reminds her that means she has to use the potty and that she can ask for help if she needs it. Her LO has been pretty successful on the days where she picks underwear. Even on the days where her LO picks diapers, they use pull-ups, so she still has the option to try. I think they started this around 2.5, her LO has always been leaps and bounds ahead of my LO verbally, so I think that has helped too. She also mentioned that her LO was adamant about privacy very early in the process, so for them, making sure the set up in the bathroom was something her LO could navigate solo was important.

Just thought I'd share, I thought it was interesting!