Potty training 2.5 year old

[Row23]

My son is a little over 2.5 years old and showing no real signs of interest in potty training. I’ve seen that the HV age range has now gone earlier for potty training and now I’m getting worried we’ve missed a crucial time for him to potty train. Pretty much all of his nursery friends are potty trained so definitely feeling like we’re a bit behind.

I must add that he can use a potty - every morning and evening he will use it and it’s just part of his routine. But during the day he just refuses / doesn’t tell us if he needs a wee. So for example he'll be playing and we’ll say every 20 mins come and use your potty. Most of the time he refuses and gets upset when we keep telling him. Then he’ll just stand in the corner and wee.
We give him a sticker every time he does use the potty and he enjoys getting them. He understands that you get to wear big boy pants instead of nappies and that the potty is for wees and poos. He even makes his toys use the potty and puts his pants on them. He just seems to have no concept of feeling the need to do a wee and therefore know to use the potty. Or he gets upset when we interrupt his playing to sit on the potty.
Is he just not quite ready yet? Does it one day just click for them?
Or any other tips and tricks that have helped for you?!

Just not ready yet! There’s no window. Everyone without significant disabilities learns eventually.

My boys were 3 ish and it took a couple of days. They were just suddenly ready, could feel they needed to wee and wanted to get out of nappies. The older one wasn’t dry at night until 7.5, though.

Don’t stress about it and don’t make it a worry for him. I’ve known 3 or 4 children who developed toilet stress issues, which is much worse than a few more months in nappies.

It doesn’t sound as if he’s ready. Normally I would advise a break of at least 2 weeks to give you both a break and a chance to relax but with Christmas looming i would wait until the excitement of that day has gone.

Absolutely no harm (and often a lot of benefit) in a break and a reset, but one thing I would is ask is roughly how often does he actually need to wee?

You say you're asking him to come and use the potty every 20 minutes. That's a lot of interruptions to his play, so naturally he's getting upset and resistant to the idea. Does he have an accident (roughly) that often? Or does he routinely go much longer? If, say, his usual gap between wees is about 2 hours, I wouldn't ask at all for at least 1.5 hours, unless you see signs he needs to go, or you're about to go in the car or similar. And at this stage, I would generally just ask if he needs to go, not insist on 'having a try' (again, unless squirming, going out, etc.).