Adventures in Potty Training

I started Potty Training DJ back in January and he started out doing pretty well, but then I started school again and it became less of a priority. Since then I've just let him sit on the toilet when he asked to, which was anywhere from once or twice a day to once a week or less. When I finished my semester I planned to start again, but then it became evident that we would be moving, so I decided not to push the issue until after we were all settled in here. Two days ago we started again in earnest. I set the timer and was ahving him go sit on the potty every 20 minutes or so. He did great all morning, and then after nap time he flat out refused to go again. Yesterday we tried again and it soon became evident that it was too hot and he obviously was not drinking enough. All morning he only peed one time and that was in his pullups, and again, in the afternoon he refused to sit on the toilet at all. So I tried again this morning. Going off of some advice from some friends we bought him a pack of 7 pairs of underwear and just let him run around in those to help him understand a little better what was going on. The last couple of days he was in pullups, but today I put him in his underwear. I also gave him lots and lots of juice so he would have to go plenty. Well... by noon he had peed in the toilet 5 times, and I had cleaned up 7 messes on the floor. Gratefully he had stayed in the kitchen most of the day so none of the mess was on the carpet. Now he's back in his pullups because all seven pairs of underwear are wet. He has a sticker chart that he's always excited to put a sticker on every time he sits on the toilet, but I don't know how to reward him for just staying dry in between potty trips, and he seems to have no concept of just holding it.  This isn't working. Anyone have any ideas?

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