That's a good idea! Keep him up as much as possible today and try a calming ritual (lavender bath?) for night time to get him to sleep. My boys would/will only go to sleep by being rocked. I've never had "lay them in the crib and they'll sleep" kids so maybe rock him to sleep, swaddled, after a bath and when he's nice and full, then wait 20 minutes and put him down in his crib when he's good and asleep. wash. rinse. repeat.
Isn't it nice to have a forum full of moms to turn to for advice?
They also have mom forums that might be a better place for this stuff since that's what the forum's for..they might have people who've done things we've never tried! I'd check there too.