It IS possible to save your windows AND have a safe and comfortable
place to live.

Note the lead issue will diminish in 18 months or so, when the kid
turns 6 (when the physiological impact of the lead is reduced), after
which the wife's major motivational point will be gone.

It is possible to do to "Lead-Safe" housekeeping to control the
lead-health issue. See the following document at my Historic HomeWorks
website:

http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw...adsafetybk.pdf

To learn more about working on your windows go to:

http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw...ts/reports.htm

and see the publication Save Your Wood Windows, then click on "View
Sample Pages," where you will see a page that summarizes lead-safe work
on windows.