2 year old and discipline

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I have a 2 year old (25 months to be exact) so still struggling to communicate fully but understands a lot. He has a 7 month old sibling and I’m just looking for advice moving forward about ‘sharing’ toys.
most of the toys the 7 m/o has used to be the 2 year olds (not that I’m sure he remembers)
My 2 year old is always wanting to take toys form my youngest and I’m just trying to work out how to go about this.
do I let him take things and then encourage him to give the toy back? Do I not let him take the toy at all? Do I ‘ask’ the younger sibling to share his toy?
just trying to work out the best thing to do with babies so close in age, thAnks

Talk about taking turns, rather than sharing.

If you share a piece of cake, you lose some of it. Children learn that very quickly! If you talk about taking turns, and maybe use a timer, children understand that they will get or give the toy back at some point.

Thank you! I have done this with saying ‘it’s x turn now’ and then ‘okay now it’s your turn’ which he does well with but I just wasn’t sure what the best way to go about it was.
Im probably overthinking the whole thing but I just wanted to make sure I’m doing the best thing so he grows up knowing he can’t just take things