Won't pee on the toilet?

Any advice?? We did the three day at home straight to underwear method with our 16 month old after about a month of talking about/reading books about going potty so it wasn't out of the blue. I know that seems early but she is showing all the signs of readiness and signs to tell us she needs to go since she can't say "potty" yet.
So anyway, it failed miserably. She immediately got the hang of it for pooping and two hours in told me she needed to poop, waited till we got to the bathroom and pooped on the toilet BUT she will not pee which I know is backwards from most kids. She will sometimes tell us and then pee as soon as she gets off the toilet, however she does recognize she is peeing and tells us every time. We went back to pullups because she was having tons of accidents every day and have still been taking her to the potty multiple times a day and treating her pullups like underwear.
Any advice on why she seems scared or doesn't want to pee on the toilet but will poop reliably every day? And how to work on it?

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yeah we've done all that for the last 3 weeks. Still won't pee on the toilet but will pee immediately after getting off of it, seems like she is scared to pee in it 🤷🏻‍♀️ we've tried treats as well and she has books in there that she gets really excited about, she asks to go sit on the toilet all the time just doesn't actually pee. She also poops on the toilet every day now so I know she understands the process

I just started potty training on Sunday with my 27 month old. She is better at poop than pee too. Personally no idea how you can train a 16 month old though my kid was not even walking at that stage and def couldn’t communicate well enough to think about potty training.

Are you using the adult sized toilet or do you have a small potty to use instead? If no small potty, I'd try that for one so young. Something more her size she can handle on her own. If she pees on the floor/in her clothes just state that fact and state that pee goes in the potty. No shame, just teaching how it works.

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