faddle

verb2

1. •
   To fiddle (play aimlessly).

   • I am afraid I must be at bottom, what a cheerful Indian critic has dubbed me, "a faddling hedonist" […] — 1879
2. •
   (UK, old-fashioned) To dote on.

   • Even then, when nurse is ready to take baby out for a walk, properly wrapped up, faddling Mamma comes to examine, if not a little corner remains to be closed to the air. — 1893