Fuss excessively around daughter (2-2)
I believe the answer is:
to-do
'fuss' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'excessively around daughter' is the wordplay.
'excessively' becomes 'too' (to too great a degree).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'too' going around 'd' is 'TO-DO'.
(Other definitions for to-do that I've seen before include "Quarrel" , "Spot of bother" , "Bustle" , "Fuss or commotion" , "Flap" .)