I look after a part time baby and I found it the same at first. I found it helpful to just sit and read through Development Matters, really familiarize myself with the pathways and see where I think the little one could go with encouragement.
Some "Next Steps" wrote themselves, an activity that I'd observed would show that baby was close to doing something, but not quite there or she'd love something we did, so I'd plan something similar but slightly different. Then last week I was really stumped and none of the next steps on observations seemed right, so I just went back to her tracker to see what I hadn't noticed, and planned some things to see if she was ready to do them yet. Like dance to music or object permanence.
I write anything down on Individual Planning/Next Steps sheets, if I think of something and then do it I write it down, because I like to know I have written evidence of what I've done. (I have an awful memory)
Generally I don't do anything too rigid and just take the baby's lead on things. A few attempts at edible painting/crayoning have told me she's not ready for that yet. She really really seems to want to eat paper.
I've found that some like to and some don't at that age!
Edit: As for which area an activity falls under I read DM and see what fits, it can sometimes be something I didn't expect! And I use Individual Planning and Next Steps together on one sheet at this point. It's all planning for an individual child what I want to do to help them progress.
Edit 2: Disclaimer that I'm new and could still be doing everything horribly wrong! Though I hope not...
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