How do you tackle sharing between siblings and household toys?

[AluckyEllie]

Hello,

I think I might be making a bigger deal out of this than I need to (I’m very tired 😅.) I’ve got a 2.5 year old DD and a 6 month old DS. DD struggled at first with a sibling but now adores him… however he is now starting to roll and grab things including her toys.
Should I be telling her she needs to share them now with her brother- I just don’t want to cause resentment again as they are finally getting along. If it’s a toy specifically bought for her (like her dolls) I can say ‘that’s DD, we don’t touch that’ but what about general toys such as the kitchen/duplo/puzzles. I’m not going to buy another kitchen so they can have one each so she does need to share it, I’m just not sure how to approach it. I also realise it’s a bit early as he’s not really going to play with toy’s properly for a while but thought I would see how other parents deal with individual and shared toys in a household. They will be sharing a bedroom as well so can’t keep some toys in their rooms as will be joint.

I hope this made sense!

My general rule is, if child A isn’t currently playing with said toy then it is fine for child B to want to play with it.

What isnt ok is if child A is playing with a toy and child B wants to play with it (unless it can be played with together) or if Child A is happily playing with something and sees child B going to play with another toy and they all of a sudden just have that toy instead just because child B was about to start playing with it.