Hugs, the first few weeks are tough. Honestly, although I totally get the fear of AP, if you have that mindset anyway it's not a trap you're likely to fall into easily. Given how young he is (8 weeks really is so tiny in the grand scheme of things) I would really try not to worry about bad habits. Give him a chance at settling on his own, but if it's not happening don't stress, just help him however you need to and then try again tomorrow. If he can't settle because he's OT (likely at this age by BT) then he's in no position to be learning independent sleep skills anyway. Try not to think of it as AP, more 'deliberate parenting'
if you keep giving him the chance, one day it will click and he will do it when he's ready x
